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Editorial
. 2017 Apr;112(4):555-558.
doi: 10.1111/add.13592. Epub 2016 Oct 18.

The Food and Drug Administration and varenicline: should risk communication be improved?

Neil M Davies  1   2 , Kyla H Thomas  2
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Editorial

The Food and Drug Administration and varenicline: should risk communication be improved?

Neil M Davies et al. Addiction. 2017 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: Adverse drug reactions; evidence based medicine; hierarchy of evidence; nicotine replacement therapy; regulation; varenicline.

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Pfizer revenues from varenicline ($m) by year. [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]
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