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Sum of the parts: Ensuring a resilient global drug supply chain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2021

Katie J. Suda*
Affiliation:
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennslvania, United States University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennslvania, United States
Mina Tadrous
Affiliation:
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*
Author for correspondence: Katie J. Suda, E-mail: ksuda@pitt.edu

Abstract

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Type
Commentary
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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