It's a challenge because of the way we're organized. Nobody's elected to represent a region.

Right now if a Toyota (plant) came together, there'd be 16 people fighting for them. Competition can be a good thing as long as it doesn't become destructive.

The new product pipeline has never been stronger as we plan to introduce significant new therapies to treat major medical problems such as heart failure.

We believe that we are picking up the majority of whatever business Guidant couldn't fulfill because of their recall, and we continue to see good momentum going forward.

Looking ahead, we expect accelerating growth as an unprecedented number of new products are introduced during the first half of the next calendar year.