Drugs and Money - Prices, Affordability and Cost Containment

SEVENTH EDITION

C.P. de Joncheere et al. (Eds.)

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M.N.G. Dukes
University of Oslo, Norway

F.M. Haaijer-Ruskamp
University of Groningen, The Netherlands

C.P. de Joncheere
WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark

A.H. Rietveld
Cambridge Pharma Consultancy, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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