The issue focused on the cost of research. "It is an argument that has been made in America and other countries, but it's a well-known fact that government research doesn't work out as well as private research," he said.

"In Europe, you have very good medical research. In Europe, we are not so good. It is like going to the doctor and getting the same medicine. The technology is there, it is just in this country. We do not get the results that we