the forest labs deal didn't close that long ago, not to mention warner chilcote.ling them one after another. by the way a criticism you lodged at valeant. is it apt to say the same here about your merger partner. >> i think the big difference is here we have a great cultural fit, very large number of common goals. of course, brent and his team have a great track record, not only in their successful commitment to r&d, they have seven mdas, pending fda for 2015, and also great track record of building great franchises and brands. we have that in common. and brent has shared with me he thinks the combined couple will be made up of an an al gum of actavis and management teams. >> you feel comfortable integrating all of those businesses? >> we do. we have completed most of the fore forest acquisition. by the time this deal closes, forest will be done. >> one of the things you've emphasized to me the r&d budget, it's the biggest, per sales and that's how you've done so well. any assurances here versus valeant that r & d budget will continue in its size. >> i was happy w