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Approximating Future Generic Entry for New Drugs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Reed F. Beall ,
Jonathan J. Darrow  and
Aaron S. Kesselheim
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 47 , Issue 1: Sharing Data in a Medical Information Commons , Spring 2019 , pp. 177 - 182
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