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Over the past decade, a disturbing trend in antimicrobial resistance of both gram -negative and gram-positive pathogens and "superbugs" has seriously complicated the treatment of many immuno-compromised, hospitalized patients [1-8]. Too this major problem must be added the numerous hospitalizations and deaths from contaminated meats, poultry, vegetables, seafoods, and dairy products [9-11]. Government resources, worldwide, are being overstretched and often remain powerless to combat these assaults on our populations. Almost one million people per year are killed by bacteria and "superbugs" due to antimicrobial resistance. If we add the untold millions per year who are dying from drug-resistant tuberculosis in Africa and India , the number of deaths becomes staggering. By about 2075, the number of people dying from drug-resistant infections could reach in excess of 35 million per year. Each year, in the USA alone, more than 150 million prescriptions are written, 60% of which are for antibiotics. Of these, it has been estimated that 50 million of these costly prescriptions are probably unnecessary

The paper discusses the impact of Western manufacturers on competition and innovation in the telecommunication sector in Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic. It examines the issue of market dominance by shedding some light on the industrial history, the current evolution and market structure of telecommunication equipment industry in these countries. In using case study evidence, the paper demonstrates that the contribution of Western manufacturers has been important to the accumulation of firm specific assets and sectoral growth of the telecommunication switching industry in CEE countries. It concludes that an involvement of competition authorities in the telecommunication switching market or strict imposition of procurement initiatives of the European Union does not seem desirable for the time being. Furthermore, there are serious threats to local telecommunication manufacturing in CEE countries if current EU procurement policies are imposed.