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. 2018 Jan:192:13-21.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.08.011. Epub 2017 Sep 21.

The Need for Pediatric Drug Development

Robert M Ward  1 , Daniel K Benjamin Jr  2 , Jonathan M Davis  3 , Richard L Gorman, Ralph Kauffman, Gregory L Kearns  4 , Mary Dianne Murphy, Catherine M T Sherwin  5
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The Need for Pediatric Drug Development

Robert M Ward et al. J Pediatr. 2018 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: BPCA; Institute for Advanced Clinical Trials for Children; International Neonatal Consortium; PREA; pediatric clinical trials; pediatric pharmacology.

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The other authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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