The team of Pfizer and Protalix and GlaxoSmithKline are developing alternative versions of some of these drugs.

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Pharmacies such as the New England Compounding Center create alternative versions of medicines, such as liquid forms of drugs, to meet special needs.

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The alternative versions introduced more than 40 years ago allow Hindus and Buddhists to use the word "my Dharma" and Muslims "Allah" instead of God.

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