Shortages of inexpensive essential medicines

Affiliations

¹ ESMO Head of Public Policy, Lugano 6900, Switzerland. Electronic address: malvika.vyas@esmo.org.
² ESMO Cancer Medicines Committee, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
³ ESMO Public Policy Division, Director, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy.
⁴ ESMO President, Medical Oncology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain.

Malvika Vyas et al. Lancet Oncol. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;20(5):e224-e225.

doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30248-7. Epub 2019 Apr 18.

¹ ESMO Head of Public Policy, Lugano 6900, Switzerland. Electronic address: malvika.vyas@esmo.org.
² ESMO Cancer Medicines Committee, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
³ ESMO Public Policy Division, Director, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy.
⁴ ESMO President, Medical Oncology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain.

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