Problems with UK government's risk sharing scheme for assessing drugs for multiple sclerosis.

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Published in BMJ on February 15, 2003

Authors

Cathie L M Sudlow1, Carl E Counsell

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU. csudlow@skull.dcn.ed.ac.uk

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