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Identical or similar brand names used in different countries for medications with different active ingredients: a descriptive analysis

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  • Lubna Merchant Office of Medication Error Prevention and Risk Managment, Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Randall Lutter Office of the Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sherry Chang Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Immediate Office, Regulatory Science Staff, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Lubna Merchant, OMEPRM, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA; Lubna.Merchant{at}fda.hhs.gov
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Merchant L, Lutter R, Chang S
Identical or similar brand names used in different countries for medications with different active ingredients: a descriptive analysis
BMJ Quality & Safety 2020;29:988-991.

Publication history

  • Received September 4, 2019
  • Revised February 13, 2020
  • Accepted February 22, 2020
  • First published April 27, 2020.
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November 19, 2020

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