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Dr. H. Schwartz, Pharmaceutical Executive, August 1981.
101
Ibid.
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Catherine Stenzl, "The Role of International Organisations" in Blum.et al.,op.cit., p.228.
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Ibid, p.227.
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I'or example Swedish doctors have taken part in a boycott of Ciba-Geigy products. Drug
manufacturers could also be vulnerable to consumer boycotts because of their diversification
from prescription drugs into over-the- counter medicines, cosmetics, toilet and household
articles, food & drink products etc.
105
Dr. D. M. Burley, Head of International Medical Liaison, Ciba-Geigy, Horsham, personal
communication, 21 May 1981.
106
Ciba-Geigy Pharma policy meeting, Ciba-Geigy Pharma and the Third World, Instructions
- Working Group I - Research and Development, Medicine: "Criticisms faced by the
Pharmaceutical Industry and Ciba-Geigy Pharma in the Third World".
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Business International, 26 March 1982.
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Dr. Burley, Ciba-Geigy, personal communication, 3 March 1982. Servipharm also offers
consultancy services in seting up rural drug schemes and contributes training materials, such
as copies of David Werner's Where There is No Doctor.
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George Teeling-Smith, ABPI News.
110
Ciba-Geigy, Pharma and the Third World, p.204.
111
Barrie James, The Marketing of Generic Drugs, 1982, quoted in SCRIP No. 680, 31 March
1982, p.8.
112
WHO, The Selection of Essential Dnijis. 1979.
113
UNCTAD, Trade marks andgeneric names ofPharmaceuticals andconsumer protection, report
by the UNCTAD Secretariat, (TD/B/C.6/AC.5/4) 15 December 1981, p.21.
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Vischer, IFPMA, May 1982, op.cit.
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IFPMA, May 1979, op.cit.
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.lanssen Pharmaceutica, "The Worm Problem in the World".
117
WHO, Action Programme on Essential Drugs. Burundi Pilot Project, Ministry of Health of
Burundi in collaboration with WHO/Interpharma, 30 April 1982.
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The Wellcome Trust, pp.80-85.
119
S.Q.Zaman (Marketing Services Manager) and Mr. Chowdhury (Marketing Manager) of Glaxo
(Bangladesh) Ltd.,in interview with the author,7/8 October 1980.
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Mohammed Nurul Alam, Marketing Manager, Fisons (Bangladesh) Ltd., in interview with
the author, 26 September 1980.
121
The Illustrated Weekly of India, 6 September 1981.
122
Dr. D. M. Burley, Ciba-Geigy, personal communication, 21 May 1981.
123
Business International, 5 February 1982, p.42.
124
Address to the PMA Public Relations Section annual meeting, excerpts reported in "Quotes
of Notes" broadsheet "PMA President Engmanon the Third World", PMA, 28 September
1981.
125
Geoffrey Potter, Glaxo, personal communication, 16 June 1982.
126
George Teeling-Smith, "Drug Companies and the Third World", ABP1 News, August 1976.
127
R. D.Douglas, Vice-President, Public Affairs, Pfizer Europe, "National drug policies - more
state intervention or less?". World Medicine, 28 July 1979.
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