"what does BP bring to the table"
Manufacturing, distribution, sales, sales force, name brand, lobbyists, connections, etc..
B/O can be exchange of stock, whereas everyone benefits when SP goes higher.
Let me give one example of the real world. A friend of mine has huntingtons disease. Its worse than lou gehrigs disease, its a walking death sentence. Its hereditary. He has a brother and sister, they didnt get it. His brother wanted kids. From what I understand, brother had proceedure done where that gene is removed from his reproductive dna. He can now have kids and the disease will never be in his family again. Not covered by insurance. They would rather spend the millions in medicare coverage, than to provide 50k one time cure. My friend is in a nursing care facility, 12k a month, for the rest of his life. I'm sure there are other examples. I WANT NWBO to succeed, I WANT affordable medical care in this country and around the world. But with medical insurance so high because of lawsuits, tort reform has got to occur. Doctors should be free to help people and not have to worry about covering their butts. My soapbox moment for the day.