"We believe this proposed acquisition presents significant competition issues significant competition issues that merit careful FTC review to ensure that the transaction is not likely to cause substantial harm to competition in the affected markets," the letter says.
In papers filed last week in federal court in Boston, Abbott said Mr. Waksal, who founded the company in 1984 and served as C.E.O. until 2002, "played a central role in numerous issues significant to this litigation".
By being effectively absent from "the conversation" much of the time, they're not exerting as much influence as they could and should – which also means it's easier for the issues significant to them to get swept under the rug, or decided by people who do not have ovaries.
But in this debate, as with many policy issues, significant heterogeneity is evident among and within the stakeholders.
Photovoice is a participatory research method that affords individuals the opportunity to talk about the issues significant to them through photographs and discussion [ 32– 32].
Other than oral-related issues, significant factors are reported to include age [ 6], female sex [ 7], certain markers of social status such as "low income" [ 6] and "low education levels" [ 3, 8], and low self-rating of general health [ 3, 5, 6, 8].
