Trans-pacific partnership: Will Pharmac become a victim of its own success?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7818, 2011, Pages

  Foster, Rachel H ^a   Wilson, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

AUSTRALIA; BUDGET; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MARKETING; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; NOTE;

DRUG COSTS; DRUG INDUSTRY;

EID: 84859000568     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d4908     Document Type: Letter

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