joe papa, ceo of perrigo, p-r-g-o. you have a number of over the counter products. analysts are saying listen, flu season comps are going to be very tough for you to match. give us an update. >> absolutely right, last year was a very strong cough/cold flu season, there were a number of patients affected. however, this year, we are seeing it's about a month behind. last year it started in december, ran through january. this year, we are seeing it now start to pick up, especially with the cold weather that we experienced on the east coast. >> we are lagging. unfortunately, it's like we're talking about the flu season ramping up, you think that it will be -- become a tougher flu season, just in a few weeks? >> the data we are seeing right now from all the data we see shows that it's really ramping up very quickly right now. can't expect exactly what is going to happen there but at least it looks like it's ramping up, very similar to last year, albeit a month behind. >> the reason we are talking about it, some of our viewers may be saying what are you talking to him abo

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