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Excessive Pricing of Pharmaceuticals in the EU: Balancing between Exploitation and Exploitative Abuse Cover

Excessive Pricing of Pharmaceuticals in the EU: Balancing between Exploitation and Exploitative Abuse

By: Mari Minn  
Open Access
|Dec 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2020-0023 | Journal eISSN: 2674-4619 | Journal ISSN: 2674-4600
Language: English
Page range: 91 - 108
Published on: Dec 24, 2020
Published by: Tallinn University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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