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EPISODE · Aug 1, 2014 · 11 MIN

Are essential medicines essential?

from Medicine and Science from The BMJ · host The BMJ

Global endorsement as a WHO essential medicine is big step. But Corrado Barbui, from the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Verona, has found that the quality of applications for antidepressants and antipsychotics is poor and calls on applicants and WHO to raise standards. Read the analysis article: http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g4798

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