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align=center><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Bubbling business: German
drugs in </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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align=center><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US">BUKO Pharma-Kampagne
presents new study on German pharmaceuticals, sold in </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Africa</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US">,
</SPAN><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Asia</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"> and
</SPAN><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Latin
America</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">The following is an extract from
a brochure</SPAN></I></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><B><I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-US">
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><B><I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">published
by </SPAN></I></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><B><I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-US">BUKO</SPAN></I></B><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><B><I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Pharma-Kampagne,
</SPAN></I></B><st1:City><st1:place><B><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Bielefeld</SPAN></I></B></st1:place></st1:City><B><I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US"> providing comprehensive insight
into the quality of German drugs in 46 countries of
</SPAN></I></B><st1:place><B><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Africa</SPAN></I></B></st1:place><B><I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">,
</SPAN></I></B><st1:place><B><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Asia</SPAN></I></B></st1:place><B><I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US"> and
</SPAN></I></B><st1:place><B><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Latin
America</SPAN></I></B></st1:place><B><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">. The expert publication outlines the
concept and the methodology of the study. It contains numerous tables and graphs
as well as explanatory texts. The pharmaceuticals examined including their
appraisals are listed according to the companies in the
Annex.</SPAN></I></B><I><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">German pharmaceutical companies
are among the biggest providers of pharmaceuticals <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">to</B> the </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Third
World</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">
and are proud of their reputation. A new drug study on German pharmaceuticals in
46 </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Third
World</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">
countries by BUKO Pharma-Kampagne, a German health NGO, however dents this
positive image. BUKO studied the sales of German pharmaceutical companies in the
countries of the South for the fourth time. The conclusion of the new study: in
2003, over 39 per cent of the German preparations sold were irrational or
even dangerous. Moreover, lack of adequate product information of German
manufacturers shows evidence <SPAN style="COLOR: black">of
</SPAN>negligence.</SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Pharmaceuticals offer no solution
to a great many health problems in countries where the living conditions of
large parts of the population are characterized by hunger, miserable housing
conditions and unsafe drinking water. Nevertheless, do people all over the world
have an equal access to effective medicines? The answer is simple.
Pharmaceutical companies which sell unsafe drugs or medicines without
therapeutic benefit seriously restrict people’s right to health. BUKO
Pharma-Kampagne evaluated more than 2,500 pharmaceuticals in these countries
sold by German companies in 46 countries of </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Africa</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">, </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Asia</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US"> and </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Latin America</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">. Thirty nine per cent, that
means almost one thousand preparations continue to be marketed without any
medical justification. These drugs must be considered irrational according to
clinico-pharmacological criteria. BUKO’s drug-study is based on a total of
eleven drug compendia which were available in the 46 countries in
2003.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Jenkes, Schaaber,
Velbinger: Sprudelnde Geschäfte: Deutsche Medikamente in der 3. Welt.<BR>Editor:
BUKO Pharma-Kampagne, Bielefeld 2004, 20 pages </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Jenkes, Schaaber,
Velbinger, Zettler: Data and facts 2004: German drugs in the
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