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            "value": "Click-dial accuracy is not constant across the cartridge",
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            "value": "Dead volume and cartridge tolerances add up",
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            "value": "Bohannon, Postgrad Med 1999: Insulin delivery using pen devices. Simple-to-use tools may help young and old alike - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov",
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            "value": "Jonker et al., Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther 2021: First pre-filled pen device with highly purified human menopausal gonadotropin (HP-hMG, Menopur) in liquid is shown to be bioequivalent to powder for reconstitution - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov",
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