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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing in the EU and the EU–US Mutual Recognition Agreement

LÍgia Maria Gaspar Ernesto and Rui Miguel Dias Loureiro
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology November 2020, 74 (6) 617-626; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2020.011437
LÍgia Maria Gaspar Ernesto
Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa.
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Rui Miguel Dias Loureiro
Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa.
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