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29

Hathi Committee, Report of the Committee on Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Industry,
Government of India, Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals, April 1975, pp.252-254 and p.271.

30

UNCTC, "Case Study on India", draft report, 9 February 1981.

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32

Government of Guyana et al., op.cit., p.77.

33

Ibid., p.78.

34

Letter from Dr. Luise Parsons to Ritchie Cogan, BBC, 7 June 1979.

UNCTAD, 1977 (TD/B/C.6/21) op.cit.
Professor S. R. Kottegoda, in interview with the writer, April 1982.

35

Barker, 1982, op.cit.

36

Government of Guyana et al., op.cit., p.64.

37

UNCTAD, 1977 (TD/B/C.6/21) op.cit.

38

Ibid., p.25-26 and Annex IV.

39

Ibi d., p.26.

40

With a change of Government in Sri Lanka in 1977, the private sector is again permitted to
import drugs.(D.C.Jayasuriya, "Regulating the drug trade in the Third World", World Health
Forum, Vol.2 (3), 1981, pp.423-426.)

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43

Ibid.
Government of Guyana et al., June 1979, op.cit.

44

Dr. F. S. Antezana, Senior Scientist, WHO, personal communication, 30 April 1981.

45

UNCTAD, "Technology Policies in the Pharmaceutical Sector in Cuba", study prepared by
the Medico-Pharmaceutical branch of the Ministry of Public Health, Cuba, for the UNCTAD
secretariat, 1980.

46

Peters, op.cit.

UNCTC, Transnational corporations in the Pharmaceutical Industry of Developing
Countries, Report of the Secretariat, United Nations Economic and Social Council
( E / C . 1 0 / 8 5 ) 15 July 1981, p.17.
"Case Study on Costa Rica", UNCTC draft report, 9 February 1981.

47

Barker, draft chapter,op.cit., p.13.

48

Hathi Committee, April 1975, op.cit.

49

UNCTC, 15 July 1981, op.cit., p.30.

50

For example: SC/J/PNo.668,17 February 1982, p. 11. and SC7J7.PNo.694,19 May 1982, p.13.

51

Indian Council of Social Science Research (1CSSR) and Indian Medical Research Council
(ICMR), Health for All - an Alternative Strategy, 1981, p.180.

52

Dr. H.K.M. Hye, whilst Director of Drug Administration, in interview with the author, Delhi,
20 October 1980.

53

Ibid.

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55

Government of Guyana et al., op.cit., p.10.

WHO,(A35/7), 1 April 1982, op.cit., p.21.
Stuart Kingma, Christian Medical Commission, talk at Primary Health Care Symposium,
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicines, 13-16 April 1982.

56

UNCTAD, Technology Policies in the Pharmaceutical sector in Cuba, 1980, op.cit.

57

UNCTC, "Case Study on Egypt", draft report, 9 February 1981.

58

Ibid.

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