Wilson, welcome to the list. My husband (who has had PD for 27 years) is also a Ph.D. Chemist - he enjoyed your post. Thank you for your insight. I'm sure that you are going to be a valuable member of this list because of your understanding of how the FDA works. ---------- God bless Mary Ann (CG Jamie 67/27 with PD) www.bentwillowfarm.org ----- Original Message ----- > As a note of my personal background, I am a Ph.D. chemist, and recently > retired from 25 years with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.28/604 - Release Date: 12/26/2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn