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Direction: In each of the given sentences, select the sentence which would cither follow or precede the given sentence in grammatically and conceptually appropriate manner. The instruction is given at the end of every statement.

Through a Gazette notification of May 15, 2013 a new Drug Price Control Order (DPCO) is in place. Which of the following sentences would immediately follow the above sentence?

A)  But a closer look reveals that the DPCO 2013 has major problems and would lead to regulation of only 17-18 per cent of the sales in the market.

B)  It has been claimed that some medicines will be cheaper by 80 per cent.

C)  It has been welcomed in some quarters on the grounds that it will substantially reduce the price of the 348 medicines in the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM).

D)  The SC, during the hearing in Oct 2013, had said that the Government should continue with the cost Based Pricing (CBP) that has been used for the 14 medicines that have been under price control since 1995.

E)  None of these