Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research
Volume 20, 2020 - Issue 1
Perspective
Fixed dose drug combinations – are they pharmacoeconomically sound? Findings and implications especially for lower- and middle-income countries
Brian Godmana Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK;b Division of Public Health Pharmacy and Management, School of Pharmacy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa;c Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden;d School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, MalaysiaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8355-023XView further author information, Renata Cristina Rezende Macedo do Nascimentoa Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK;r Departament of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, Brazilhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7756-2157View further author information
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8921-515XView further author information, Konstantin Tachkovs Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Social Pharmacy and Pharmacoeconomics, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgariahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3961-7556View further author information
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6450-9848View further author information, Fatemeh Soleymaniz Pharmaceutical Management & Economic Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;aa Department of Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical Management, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iranhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6920-8796View further author information
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9575-403XView further author information, Dan Kibuuleff Department of Pharmacy Practice and Policy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibiahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6908-2177View further author information
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8921-1909View further author information, Zikria Saleemkk Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistanhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3202-6347View further author information
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