Eli Lilly International Corporation, a division of a leading American pharmaceutical firm, today denied reports emanating from Syria that it had broken off trade relations with Israel.
Burton E. Beck, Eli Lilly international division president, said the company had sold drugs to Israel for many years and was continuing to do so.
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