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. 2017 Oct 1;95(10):720-722.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.16.187344. Epub 2017 Aug 23.

Strategic procurement and international collaboration to improve access to medicines

Alessandra Ferrario  1 , Tifenn Humbert  2 , Panos Kanavos  1 , Hanne Bak Pedersen  2
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Strategic procurement and international collaboration to improve access to medicines

Alessandra Ferrario et al. Bull World Health Organ. .
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Consumption and expenditure of the reference biological product of infliximab® (Remicade®) and two of its biosimilar products (Inflectra® and Remsima™), Norway, 2008-2016
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Different levels of international collaboration in the procurement of medicines
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