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Tapping the potential of fixed-dose combinations

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Figure 1: Global sales of fixed-dose-combination examples and each individual component.

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Herrick, T., Million, R. Tapping the potential of fixed-dose combinations. Nat Rev Drug Discov 6, 513–514 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd2334

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