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. 2008 Feb 23;336(7641):418-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39491.469005.94.

Balancing Big Pharma's books

Andrew Jack  1
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Balancing Big Pharma's books

Andrew Jack. BMJ. .

Abstract

With patents running out on their big earning products and recent scandals undermining their image, drug companies are under pressure. Andrew Jack reports on their problems

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Competing interests: None declared.

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