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Review
. 2021 Dec 1;181(12):1555-1556.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.6045.

FDA Drug Approval and the Ethics of Desperation

Emily A Largent  1 , Andrew Peterson  2 , Holly Fernandez Lynch  1
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Review

FDA Drug Approval and the Ethics of Desperation

Emily A Largent et al. JAMA Intern Med. .
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