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. 2021 Aug;9(8):e1049-e1050.
doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00251-5. Epub 2021 Jun 14.

Socially optimal pandemic drug dosing

Garth W Strohbehn  1 , William F Parker  2 , Pankti D Reid  3 , Walid F Gellad  4
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Socially optimal pandemic drug dosing

Garth W Strohbehn et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Aug.
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Conflict of interest statement

GWS and PDR are co-inventors of a filed patent covering the use of low-dose tocilizumab in viral infections. WFP is supported by a grant from the US National Institutes of Health (K08 HL150291). WFG declares no competing interests. The views expressed are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily represent those of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the US Government.

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