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. 2017 Jun 12;189(23):E792-E793.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.170440.

Drug prices: How do we get to a better place?

Joel Lexchin  1
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Drug prices: How do we get to a better place?

Joel Lexchin. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests: In 2015/16, Joel Lexchin received payment from two nonprofit organizations as a consultant on one project that dealt with indication-based prescribing, and a second on which drugs should be distributed free of charge by general practitioners. In 2015, he received payment from a for-profit organization for participation on a panel that discussed expanding drug insurance in Canada. He is on the Foundation Board of Health Action International.

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