EDITORIAL ARTICLE
Biosimilars: To switch or not to switch – that is the question
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Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
Online publication date: 2020-02-28
Reumatologia 2020;58(1):1-3
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