Lipitor goes generic: Business as usual or more big business?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 892-893

  Gill, Lisa ^a   Santa, John ^a   Peter, Doris L ^a   Keehn, Joel ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CLOPIDOGREL; ESCITALOPRAM; GENERIC DRUG; MEVINOLIN; PIOGLITAZONE; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84862741653     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-12-201206190-00420     Document Type: Article

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