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World Service,04 Sep 2003,22 mins

Drug Development - Part 1

Health Matters

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A look at why the 'one size fits all' approach to medicine may need to be reviewed. Pharmaceutical drug manufacturers take a 'one size fits all' approach to drugs but reactions to drugs can differ greatly with potential harmful side-effects on even common drugs such as Larium and Roaccutane.

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