COVID-19 Drug Shortages: EU Explores Tweaking National Forecasting Models
Executive Summary
As COVID-19-related drug shortages continue to persist in the EU, regulators explore the possibility of drawing lessons from existing models that member states use to estimate national demand for medicines.
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