EUROPEAN pharmaceutical companies, specially those based in Germany and are bell bent on blocking the of the low priced Spanish and wipme drugs in the European Union When Spain and Germany sed the Eu in 1985, their drugs were Red bemuse neither country offered at protection for pharmaceuticals. IM both passed tougher patent L bar the European Commission &d so keep the export bans in place a &ad three years. That deadline October 7. Now, the French Gersoom governments, goaded by jadusts, are lobbying with the glAmim to extend the ban. Or else jWgcooopanies will suffer serious Wd losses, they plead.

State controlled prices and the steep alidadw of the peseta have kept p6m below those of the rest of The commission, however, is loop lake a decision right now and WW for hurther information.