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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def regex(self) -> Pattern: """ Returns a compiled regex for this drug. """

        if self._regex is None:
            self._regex = re.compile(self.regex_text,
                                     re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL)
        return self._regex