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  1.                                                                                 BUSINESS, Page 51Business NotesPHARMACEUTICALSStrategic Withdrawal
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  4.     Dow Corning Corp., which pioneered silicone-gel breast
  5. implants in 1962, last week became the third manufacturer to
  6. abandon the market. The target of hundreds of lawsuits that could
  7. cost the company $1 billion, Dow Corning finally succumbed to the
  8. national furor that erupted over allegations that the implants
  9. can cause major health problems.
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  11.     Even as the company withdrew, it insisted that there is no
  12. proof that leakage from Dow implants causes significant damage.
  13. But it announced a $10 million fund for research into implant
  14. questions and said it will pay up to $1,200 (of a cost that
  15. ranges from $500 to $5,000) for customers who cannot afford
  16. surgery for necessary removal.
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  18.     Two companies still manufacture the implants, and a
  19. million American women continue to live with implants -- most
  20. without complaint.
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