Word: hoffmann
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...charges of fraud have struck an industry already reeling from allegations of deception, greed and insufficient attention to their products' safety. The Food and Drug Administration is currently investigating an alleged cover-up by Hoffmann-La Roche of the lethal effects of its liquid anesthetic Versed, which has been linked to 40 deaths from respiratory failure. And while fraud has not been alleged against Pfizer, the New York City-based company will set aside $500 million for problems arising from one of its now discontinued artificial heart valves, which exhibit a sometimes fatal tendency to crack inside the body...
Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France Stanley H. Hoffmann said that he believes the conference, which is scheduled to begin in Madrid on Oct. 30, will be a failure...
...Hoffmann said that besides strong American pressure on Israel to exchange land for peace, the only other factor that might make the conference a success is early evidence of Arab goodwill on issues such as Israeli security...
That goodwill might be enough to make Israeli public opinion, which Hoffmann called "fairly hawkish," change. But Hoffmann said he could see little evidence for that...
...Hoffmann said the fate of Palestinians living in the occupied territories would be another obstacle to the success of the conference...