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No sources of funding were used to assist in the preparation of this article. The author has no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article. Jean-Pierre Baeyens is a representative of the EUGMS at the Health Care Professionals Working Group at the EMA.

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  1. University of Luxembourg, Walferdange, Luxembourg, Belgium

    Jean-Pierre Baeyens (Associate Professor)

  2. European Medicines Agency, Health Care Professionals Working Group, London, UK

    Jean-Pierre Baeyens (Associate Professor)

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Baeyens, JP. The European Medicines Agency Discovers the Geriatric Patient. Drugs Aging 28, 849–851 (2011). https://doi.org/10.2165/11597810-000000000-00000

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