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Generic Competition for Drugs Treating Rare Diseases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2021

Reed F. Beall ,
Amity E. Quinn ,
Aaron S. Kesselheim ,
Frazer A. Tessema  and
Ameet Sarpatwari
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 48 , Issue 4: Climate Change and the Legal, Ethical, and Health Issues Facing Healthcare and Public Health Systems , Winter 2020 , pp. 789 - 795
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