On some levels, many of the major US firms fail to innovate; they support their growth by pouring huge amounts of money into buying the intellectual property of small biotech firms or even the firms themselves.
某個程度上，美國許多大廠也缺乏創新發明，它們只是投注鉅資買小廠，或買小型生技公司的智慧財產，來支撐其往後發展。