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  1. The ‘safeguard clause’ states that any public authority should take account of the lowest price on the market in purchasing goods, as otherwise it may be sued by the Italian Audit Office for waste of public funds.

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Garattini, L., van de Vooren, K. & Curto, A. Pricing Human Papillomavirus Vaccines. PharmacoEconomics 30, 213–217 (2012). https://doi.org/10.2165/11596560-000000000-00000

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