Shortages of Essential Generic Drugs with Limited Competition.

J Gen Intern Med

Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Published: November 2024

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