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162

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163

Ibid.

Expert Committee Report, op.cit.

164

Ibid.

165

K. Washbournand B. Walker, May and Baker Ltd., in interview with the author, 5 July 1982.

166

"An Appeal to the Martial Law Authority" by members of the Bangladesh Anshad Shilpa
Samity, The New Nation, 23 June 1982.

The Drugs (Control) Ordinance, 1982.

167

Ibid.

168

Dr. Z. Choudhury, personal communication, 24 June 1982.

169

The Pulse, 9 May 1982.

170

The New Nation, 10 June 1982.

171

The Pulse, 20 June 1982.

172

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"Merck in Bangladesh, Marketing Plan 1980 (-1982)".
Ciba-Geigy is planning to set up production in Bangladesh (Dr. Burley, personal
communication, 1982).

173

Department of Trade and Industry, Overseas Trade Statistics. Nigeria was Britain's largest
export market with sales worth over £64 million (compared to exports of over £20 million to
lhe USA and C59 million to \V. Germany).

174

Dr. Burley, Head of International Medical Liaison, Ciba-Geigy, personal communication,
21 May 1981.

175

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Financial Times, 2 June 1982.
In 1978 a British Minister of State drew attention to a report by the Economic Development
Committee for the Chemicals Industry showing that the "innovative pharmaceutical
industry as a whole remains one of the major growth sectors of the chemical industry
as a whole." (Roland Moyle quoted in Medicines for the year 2000, OHE 1979, op.cit.)

176

Dr. Alan Hayes, Chairman, Plant Protection Division ICI, "What can the Agrochemical
Industry Learn from the Pharmaceutical Industry?", Agrochemical Conference, Dolder Hotel,
Zurich, September 1981.

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Dr. Burley, Head of International Medical Liaison, Gba-Geigy, personal communication,
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