We've transformed (Wyeth) into one of the most innovative research organizations. We've added significant innovation in the last few years, and are intending to do the same in the next two.

How can we overcome the resistance to innovation that plagues most organizations?

We think they would've been higher without the exchange rate. We're pretty happy with our sales performance. That's where we expected them to be.

We have a lot of organizations, even in emerging markets, that are looking for innovation, looking for the desktop environment to become a real productivity starting point. The open-source community is still just imitating what Microsoft currently has on the market.

But now we are pursuing the concept of market-oriented innovation to make production and research mutually supportive.

The support we've received from producers and their organizations has been crucial to obtaining this research support from USDA.