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. 2012 Nov 13:345:e7381.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7381.

How to achieve international action on falsified and substandard medicines

Amir Attaran¹, Donna Barry, Shamnad Basheer, Roger Bate, David Benton, James Chauvin, Laurie Garrett, Ilona Kickbusch, Jillian Clare Kohler, Kamal Midha, Paul N Newton, Sania Nishtar, Paul Orhii, Martin McKee

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PMID: 23149211
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e7381

How to achieve international action on falsified and substandard medicines

Amir Attaran et al. BMJ. 2012.

. 2012 Nov 13:345:e7381.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7381.

Authors

Amir Attaran¹, Donna Barry, Shamnad Basheer, Roger Bate, David Benton, James Chauvin, Laurie Garrett, Ilona Kickbusch, Jillian Clare Kohler, Kamal Midha, Paul N Newton, Sania Nishtar, Paul Orhii, Martin McKee

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¹ University of Ottawa, 1 Stewart St, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada. aattaran@uottawa.ca

PMID: 23149211
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e7381

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European union has the falsified medicines directive.
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