Xerox's hostile takeover of HP gambit

[Ringel05]

So why is this here in Science and Technology? It potentially has to do with two technologies HP has. First is it's printing tech that could turn factories into giant printers, a huge potential profit base right there but more importantly is the second technology that could revolutionize medical treatment. One of the biggest if not the largest factor in high medical costs are pharmaceuticals, Microfluidics technology could change all of that.

This last has massive potential if you understand that blended medications -- or, more accurately, the steep prices associated with them -- are a big contributor to excessive medical costs. Further, it's currently not easy to match medications with each patient's unique body.

With the proper sensors, HP's microfluidics technology could do both. It could blend low-cost medications in place, potentially at a fraction of the cost of preblending them, and it could administer exactly the right amount of medicine for a patient's unique requirements. That could remove much of the cost of the medications -- think chemotherapy for instance -- and virtually eliminate overdoses and massively reduce addiction.

This isn't potentially a million dollar or even billion dollar technology -- it is a trillion dollar technology. Once applied, it has the potential to make HP the most valuable company in the world. Given this is already in lab use, in production, this isn't as far out as you might think.

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[the other mike]

The Chinese haven't stolen it yet ?

(from the OP)
The U.S. government blocked the move as a matter of national security, likely out of concern that it would have handed 5G leadership to Huawei and China. That alone could have shifted the balance of power from the U.S. to China.

For the same reasons the Pentagon is in high gear
trying to keep up with China's 5G capacity.--
China already has more than 80,000 5G macro base stations.

 

[Ringel05]

The Chinese haven't stolen it yet ?

(from the OP)
The U.S. government blocked the move as a matter of national security, likely out of concern that it would have handed 5G leadership to Huawei and China. That alone could have shifted the balance of power from the U.S. to China.

For the same reasons the Pentagon is in high gear
trying to keep up with China's 5G capacity.--
China already has more than 80,000 5G macro base stations.

Different corporate merger used as an example of hostile takeover reasons/attempts. This is about Microfluidics technology impact in the medical field.

What is MicroFluidics.......

Microfluidics is both the science which studies the behaviour of fluids through micro-channels, and the technology of manufacturing microminiaturized devices containing chambers and tunnels through which fluids flow or are confined.
Microfluidics deal with very small volumes of fluids, down to femtoliters (fL) which is a quadrillionth of a liter. Fluids behave very differently on the micrometric scale than they do in everyday life: these unique features are the key for new scientific experiments and innovations.

The key concept related to microfluidics is to integrate in a simple micro-sized system operations that commonly sollicits a whole laboratory.
Microfluidics? A general overview

 

[the other mike]

The Chinese haven't stolen it yet ?

(from the OP)
The U.S. government blocked the move as a matter of national security, likely out of concern that it would have handed 5G leadership to Huawei and China. That alone could have shifted the balance of power from the U.S. to China.

For the same reasons the Pentagon is in high gear
trying to keep up with China's 5G capacity.--
China already has more than 80,000 5G macro base stations.

Different corporate merger used as an example of hostile takeover reasons/attempts. This is about Microfluidics technology impact in the medical field.

Okay ,
but isn't hostile takeover a slightly misleading title then ?

 

[Ringel05]

The Chinese haven't stolen it yet ?

(from the OP)
The U.S. government blocked the move as a matter of national security, likely out of concern that it would have handed 5G leadership to Huawei and China. That alone could have shifted the balance of power from the U.S. to China.

For the same reasons the Pentagon is in high gear
trying to keep up with China's 5G capacity.--
China already has more than 80,000 5G macro base stations.

Different corporate merger used as an example of hostile takeover reasons/attempts. This is about Microfluidics technology impact in the medical field.

Okay ,
but isn't hostile takeover a slightly misleading title then ?

That's why I clarified in the OP; "So why is this here in Science and Technology? It potentially has to do with two technologies HP has."
Key words if you understand or even took basic English Composition in elementary school............ The title is a "lead in".
If the OP was specifically addressing mergers then I wouldn't have put it in Science and Technology........ Oops.......