California is the 5th largest economy in the world

California is the 5th largest economy in the world- bigger than the uk's 60 plus million ppl and the uk (ca 88k sq mi) is only half the size of california (ca 175k sq miles) -only one country in europe proper- (france at 211k sq miles) is bigger than california

the total area of Japan is 145,882 sq miles (377,835 sq km), which is slightly smaller than California.",and japan used to be the 2nd biggest economy on the back of the usa consumer,just as china is now

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-now-h...t-economy/

grants take 6-12 months depending on program,as your research helped to show

hopefully looking for a geographic europeon patent sale,but big business does a LOT of dd-the dd for a jv, as i've said, often takes 18-36 months or longer

anyway, we are still in the window for a patent sale or license or partnership (still early side re the latter) in the europeon theater
once a contract is made it should be reported, though identity of the other party may remain undisclosed for some time

most pharma co's are rich-recently i heard a statistic that the 10 biggest pharma are x large in terms of the fortune 500
i worked in a drug store, among other things, in high school, so that helps me to see why pharma is so rich
but pharma is still fiscally conservative(or at least obsessed w big profits like most business) and thus plays the grant game even when they dont need to,as the california pharma co is doing