Minimum costs for producing hepatitis C direct-acting antivirals for use in large-scale treatment access programs in developing countries.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on January 06, 2014

Authors

Andrew Hill1, Saye Khoo, Joe Fortunak, Bryony Simmons, Nathan Ford

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Liverpool University, United Kingdom.

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