47. Kuttab, S.H., Sansur, R.M. A Study of the Pharmaceutical Industry in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. 1983, 60 pp.

An evaluation of the seven pharmaceutical companies operating in the West Bank and a description of their employees, space, equipment, problems and classification of products is presented. More than six hundred pharmaceutical products are manufactured locally. The best selling products are antibacterial, anti inflammatory-antirheumatic and analgesic-antipyretic agents. There is a low level of production of critical and potent drugs such as cardiovascular drugs, hormones, enzymes and central nervous system drugs.