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The Cost of Delivering Drugs Without Needles

Bio/Technology volume 13, pages 1438–1440 (1995)Cite this article

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Noninvasive methods may be more convenient, but are they economically practical?

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Damms, B., Bains, W. The Cost of Delivering Drugs Without Needles. Nat Biotechnol 13, 1438–1440 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1295-1438

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