11.  The pharmaceutical companies that were taken to task by Elliott have a legitimate right to protect their intellectual property.

12.  They apply as much to the testing of new drugs by the pharmaceutical companies as to that of more mundane products.

13.  Two other large pharmaceutical companies also have competing drugs.

14.  A medical study that was questioned by many because it was done under the aegis of a major pharmaceutical company.

15.  The Canadian parliament recently extended patent protection after pharmaceutical companies promised to control prices and to increase their spending on research into new drugs.

16.  Brand-name pharmaceutical companies denied that this would happen and promised greater investments in research in return for longer patent protection.

17.  Significantly, gene analysis tests are a new and lucrative money-making scheme for medical supply and pharmaceutical companies, and the new biotechnology industry.

18.  The research is supported by grants from many external sources, e.g. research councils, charitable trusts, equine establishments, pharmaceutical companies.

19.  Pharmaceutical companies and medical researchers breed their own animals, but demand always exceeds supply and extremely high prices are paid.

20.  The Family Heart Association charity launched a special Cholesterol Countdown week and now the pharmaceutical companies are offering GPs testing equipment which gives immediate results.