Sure, but there is a cost one way or the other. TANSTAAFL (there ain't no such thing as a free lunch) If its really important, then working out a deal that pr

Sure, but there is a cost one way or the other. TANSTAAFL (there ain't no such thing as a free lunch) If its really important, then working out a deal that protects all parties is far better than threatening to give the business to someone else by fiat. Roche has invested a lot into these machines and processes. Ensuring that they are adequately compensated and adequately protected from their competitors is important. Not just for fairness, but for also ensuring that companies don't decide in the future that the risks outweigh the rewards. What will happen, for example, if some local lab starts putting together tests for these machines and ends up putting the machines out of commission? Who's doing the QA to make sure this is not a problem? Will Roche be on the hook for this? And how will the people who are depending on this machine benefit if it taken off line? These are very complicated machines, and a lot can go wrong.