Alan Goldhammer, vice president for scientific and regulatory affairs at the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, said the industry will study the suggestions and weigh whether to incorporate them.

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Perhaps the Kaplan-Goldhammer team will turn their attention to the essays of "L'Envers et l'endroit" and "Noces, " books about a country that no longer exists by one of the 20th century's most enduring writers.

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