Study Fig. 8, which shows the countries in which a transnational pharmaceutical company is located. A pharmaceutical company manufactures medicines.

1. (a)Describe the distribution of the countries shown on Fig. 8.[3]
2. (b)Table 1 shows the percentage of employees in the pharmaceutical company from each world region. Use the data in Table 1 to complete Fig. 9. Table 1 World Region % Europe 35 Asia / Pacific 33 North America 22 Central / South America 6 Middle East / Africa 4[3]
3. (c)Fig. 10 shows the main research and development locations for the pharmaceutical company. Using Fig. 10, suggest why research and development is based at the locations shown in Fig. 10.[2]

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