It is not clear that this problem can be fixed easily and rapidly.

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None of this would be a problem if the drug industry had a wealth of new breakthroughs, but even with new potential big sellers like Pfizer's Lyrica, for neuropathic pain, or Merck's Gardasil, a vaccine for a virus that can lead to cervical cancer, it's not clear that new drugs can make up for the ones that will be lost.

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It's not clear what kind of coalition can be formed to give the country a government that can pass legislation.

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All that said, it can be painfully clear when a performer (famous or not) is giving less than everything onstage.

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