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a drug "when it was found to be harmful by well-established drug monitoring systems".(167) Already, the original ruling on the timescale has been modified. There is now to be a phased withdrawal of different categories of drugs over a period of 3, 6 and 9 months.(168) Opposition to the new policies in the local press recalls past experience in implying that there is a political bias behind the new policies. For example, the Expert Committee has been attacked for failing to consult industry and meeting "behind iron curtains". (169) The association representing leading manufacturers is reported to have warned that "if" the new policies are implemented local production will fall by "up to 80%''; there will be drug shortages and drug factories will be forced to close, "making thousands jobless".(l70) According to one press report: "The treatment prescribed by the Expert Committee reminds one of the classic phrase, 'the operation was a success but the patient died'. In this case, unfortunately the patient is not the Pharmaceutical industry alone, but the whole economic structure of the country..."

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