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Response to: McBride A, Campbell K, Bikkina M, et al. Cost-efficiency analyses for the US of biosimilar filgrastim-sndz, reference filgrastim, pegfilgrastim, and pegfilgrastim with on-body injector in the prophylaxis of chemotherapy-induced (febrile) neutropenia. J Med Econ 2017;20:1083–93

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Pages 603-605 | Received 27 Oct 2017, Accepted 10 Feb 2017, Published online: 12 Apr 2018

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