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Race-base drugs: Will it fuel racial discrimination?
Dec 22 2006, Anupam Agnihotri

Approval of race-based drug by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or FDA has given rise to a new debate that where this move of race-based drugs would lead to. The debate was triggered by Bidil - a racial based drug.

Among this debate over...

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