21.  Among the companies expected to exceed the average is pharmaceutical company Gideon Richter.

22.  American pharmaceutical companies complain that the requirement violates the WTO treaty, and they have asked the trade body to intervene.

23.  Amgen, for example, has many properties of a pharmaceutical company.

24.  An anti-establishment protester in his youth, Piot now argues for maintaining good relations with pharmaceutical companies.

25.  Among companies which reported disappointing results were the pharmaceutical company Laboratorio Chile SA and the electric utility Empresa Electrica del Norte Grande SA, or Edelnor, Reyes said.

26.  Alza, based in Palo Alto, Calif., has long been rumored as a takeover target, but its deals with other pharmaceutical companies made any acquisition tricky.

27.  Among the Bush contributors soon to step up to the plate are airlines and pharmaceutical companies.

28.  Among the decisions Brazil made was to order the production of generic AIDS drugs to compete with higher priced drugs from international pharmaceutical companies.

29.  Among the top-traded companies, chemical maker Borsodchem Rt., pharmaceutical company Richter Gedeon Rt. and savings bank OTP Bank Rt. all fell.

30.  Among those invited will be public health experts, pharmaceutical company CEOs, foundation representatives and members of Congress.