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Associate Professor Daniel Wright

Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 7290
Email
dan.wright@otago.ac.nz
Position
Associate Professor
Qualifications
BScPharm(Dal) MA(Brist) MSc PhD(Otago) RegPharmNZ
Research summary
Clinical pharmacy; individualisation of drug therapy

Research

My research focuses on the individualisation of drug therapy. The types of questions I ask are; why do people respond differently to the same dose of a drug, what are the factors which determine this variability, and how can we use this information to design dosing regimens that are safe and effective?

I am particularly interested in the time course of drug concentrations in the body (pharmacokinetics), the concentration–effect relationship (pharmacodynamics) and the influence of genetic variability on drug response (pharmacogenetics). I have expertise in pharmacometric methodology including population PKPD modelling and computer simulations.

Publications

Sinnappah, C. A., Hughes, D. A., Stocker, S. L., Aronson, J. K., & Wright, D. F. B. (2023). A framework for understanding sources of bias in medication adherence research. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/bcp.15863

Wright, D. F. B., Sinnappah, K. A., & Hughes, D. A. (2023). Medication adherence research comes of age. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 89, 1914-1917. doi: 10.1111/bcp.15722

Kuan, I. H. S., Wright, D. F. B., & Duffull, S. B. (2023). The influence of flip-flop in population pharmacokinetic analyses. Clinical & Translational Science. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/psp4.12909

Hishe, H. Z., Stocker, S. L., Stamp, L. K., Dalbeth, N., Merriman, T. R., Phipps-Green, A., & Wright, D. F. B. (2023). The impact of genetic variability in urate transporters on oxypurinol pharmacokinetics [Brief report]. Clinical & Translational Science, 16, 422-428. doi: 10.1111/cts.13460

Smith-Diaz, N., Stocker, S. L., Stamp, L. K., Dalbeth, N., Phipps-Green, A. J., Merriman, T. R., & Wright, D. F. B. (2023). An allopurinol adherence tool using plasma oxypurinol concentrations. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 89, 1956-1964. doi: 10.1111/bcp.15516

Sinnappah, C. A., Hughes, D. A., Stocker, S. L., Aronson, J. K., & Wright, D. F. B. (2023). A framework for understanding sources of bias in medication adherence research. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/bcp.15863

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Smith-Diaz, N., Stocker, S. L., Stamp, L. K., Dalbeth, N., Phipps-Green, A. J., Merriman, T. R., & Wright, D. F. B. (2023). An allopurinol adherence tool using plasma oxypurinol concentrations. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 89, 1956-1964. doi: 10.1111/bcp.15516

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Anakin, M. G., Duffull, S. B., & Wright, D. F. B. (2021). Therapeutic decision-making in primary care pharmacy practice. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 17, 326-331. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.04.005

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Darwich, A. S., Polasek, T. M., Aronson, J. K., Ogungbenro, K., Wright, D. F. B., Achour, B., … Rostami-Hodjegan, A. (2021). Model-informed precision dosing: Background, requirements, validation, implementation, and forward trajectory of individualizing drug therapy. Annual Review of Pharmacology & Toxicology, 61, 36.1-36.21. doi: 10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-033020-113257

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Kuan, I. H. S., Wilson, L. C., Leishman, J. C., Cosgrove, S., Walker, R. J., Putt, T. L., Schollum, J. B. W., & Wright, D. F. B. (2021). Metformin doses to ensure efficacy and safety in patients with reduced kidney function. PLoS ONE, 16(2), e0246247. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246247

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Pradhan, S., Wright, D. F. B., & Duffull, S. B. (2021). Evaluation of designs for renal drug studies based on the European Medicines Agency and Food and Drug Administration guidelines for drugs that are predominantly secreted. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 87, 1401-1410. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14536

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Donnellan, S., Wright, D. F. B., Roberts, J. A., Duffull, S. B., Schollum, J. B. W., Putt, T. L., … Walker, R. J. (2020). The pharmacokinetics of meropenem and piperacillin-tazobactam during sustained low efficiency haemodiafiltration (SLED-HDF). European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 76, 239-247. doi: 10.1007/s00228-019-02792-0

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Stamp, L. K., Chapman, P. T., Barclay, M., Horne, A., Frampton, C., Merriman, T. R., Wright, D. F. B., … Dalbeth, N. (2020). Relationships between allopurinol dose, oxypurinol concentration and urate-lowering response: In search of a minimum effective oxypurinol concentration. Clinical & Translational Science, 13, 110-115. doi: 10.1111/cts.12686

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Wright, D. F. B., Duffull, S. B., Wilby, K. J., Peterson, A. K., & Anakin, M. G. (2020). Measuring the development of therapeutic-decision-making skills by practicing pharmacists undertaking a university-based postgraduate clinical qualification at distance. Pharmacy, 8(2), 83. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8020083

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Kuan, I. H. S., Savage, R. L., Duffull, S. B., Walker, R. J., & Wright, D. F. B. (2019). The association between metformin therapy and lactic acidosis. Drug Safety, 42, 1449-1469. doi: 10.1007/s40264-019-00854-x

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Pradhan, S., Duffull, S. B., Walker, R. J., & Wright, D. F. B. (2019). The intact nephron hypothesis as a model for renal drug handling. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 75(2), 147-156. doi: 10.1007/s00228-018-2572-8

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Duffull, S. B., Wright, D. F. B., Marra, C. A., & Anakin, M. G. (2018). A philosophical framework for pharmacy in the 21st century guided by ethical principles. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 14(3), 309-316. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2017.04.049

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Ooi, Q. X., Wright, D. F. B., Isbister, G. K., & Duffull, S. B. (2018). A factor VII-based method for the prediction of anticoagulant response to warfarin. Scientific Reports, 8, 12041. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-30516-4

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Wright, D. F. B., Dalbeth, N., Phipps-Green, A. J., Merriman, T. R., Barclay, M. L., Drake, J., … Stamp, L. K. (2018). The impact of diuretic use and ABCG2 genotype on the predictive performance of a published allopurinol dosing tool. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 84(5), 937-943. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13516

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Kannangara, D. R. W., Graham, G. G., Wright, D. F. B., Stocker, S. L., Portek, I., Pile, K. D., Barclay, M. L., … Stamp, L. K., & Day, R. O. (2017). Individualising the dose of allopurinol in patients with gout. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 83(9), 2015-2026. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13307

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Kuan, I. H. S., Duffull, S. B., Putt, T. L., Schollum, J. B. W., Walker, R. J., & Wright, D. F. B. (2017). A population pharmacokinetic model for 51Cr EDTA to estimate renal function. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 56(6), 671-678. doi: 10.1007/s40262-016-0489-x

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Ooi, Q. X., Wright, D. F. B., Tait, R. C., Isbister, G. K., & Duffull, S. B. (2017). A joint model for vitamin K-dependent clotting factors and anticoagulation proteins. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 56(12), 1555-1556. doi: 10.1007/s40262-017-0541-5

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Saffian, S. M., Duffull, S. B., & Wright, D. F. B. (2017). Warfarin dosing algorithms underpredict dose requirements in patients requiring ≥ 7mg daily: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 102(2), 297-304. doi: 10.1002/cpt.649

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Siripuram, V. K., Wright, D. F. B., Barclay, M. L., & Duffull, S. B. (2017). Deterministic identifiability of population pharmacokinetic and pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic models. Journal of Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics, 44(5), 415-423. doi: 10.1007/s10928-017-9530-4

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Wright, D. F. B., Doogue, M. P., Barclay, M. L., Chapman, P. T., Cross, N. B., Irvine, J. H., & Stamp, L. K. (2017). A population pharmacokinetic model to predict oxypurinol exposure in patients on haemodialysis. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 73, 71-78. doi: 10.1007/s00228-016-2133-y

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Saffian, S. M., Duffull, S. B., Roberts, R. L., Tait, R. C., Black, L., Lund, K. A., … Wright, D. F. B. (2016). Influence of genotype on warfarin maintenance dose predictions produced using a Bayesian dose individualization tool. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, 38(6), 677-683. doi: 10.1097/ftd.0000000000000347

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Wright, D. F. B., Duffull, S. B., Merriman, T. R., Dalbeth, N., Barclay, M. L., & Stamp, L. K. (2016). Predicting allopurinol response in patients with gout. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 81(2), 277-289. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12799

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Duffull, S. B., & Wright, D. F. B. (2015). What do we learn from repeated population analyses? British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 79(1), 40-47. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12233

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Saffian, S. M., Wright, D. F. B., Roberts, R. L., & Duffull, S. B. (2015). Methods for predicting warfarin dose requirements. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, 37(4), 531-538. doi: 10.1097/ftd.0000000000000177

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Chin, P. K. L., Patterson, D. M., Zhang, M., Jensen, B. P., Wright, D. F. B., Barclay, M. L., & Begg, E. J. (2014). Coagulation assays and plasma fibrinogen concentrations in real-world patients with atrial fibrillation treated with dabigatran. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 78(3), 630-638. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12366

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Chin, P. K. L., Wright, D. F. B., Patterson, D. M., Doogue, M. P., & Begg, E. J. (2014). A proposal for dose-adjustment of dabigatran etexilate in atrial fibrillation guided by thrombin time. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 78(3), 599-609. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12364

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Chin, P. K. L., Wright, D. F. B., Zhang, M., Wallace, M. C., Roberts, R. L., Patterson, D. M., Jensen, B. P., Barclay, M. L., & Begg, E. J. (2014). Correlation between trough plasma dabigatran concentrations and estimates of glomerular filtration rate based on creatinine and cystatin C. Drugs in R&D, 14(2), 113-123. doi: 10.1007/s40268-014-0045-9

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Roberts, R. L., Wallace, M. C., Wright, D. F. B., Cadzow, M., Dalbeth, N., Jones, P. B., Stamp, L. K., Harrison, A. A., Black, M. A., & Merriman, T. R. (2014). Frequency of CYP2C9 polymorphisms in Polynesian people and potential relevance to management of gout with benzbromarone. Joint Bone Spine, 81(2), 160-163. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2013.07.006

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Stamp, L. K., Merriman, T. R., Barclay, M. L., Singh, J. A., Roberts, R. L., Wright, D. F. B., & Dalbeth, N. (2014). Impaired response or insufficient dosage? Examining the potential causes of ”inadequate response” to allopurinol in the treatment of gout. Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism, 44(2), 170-174. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2014.05.007

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Wright, D. F. B., & Duffull, S. B. (2013). A bayesian dose-individualization method for warfarin. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 52(1), 59-68. doi: 10.1007/s40262-012-0017-6

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Wright, D. F. B., Stamp, L. K., Merriman, T. R., Barclay, M. L., Duffull, S. B., & Holford, N. H. G. (2013). The population pharmacokinetics of allopurinol and oxypurinol in patients with gout. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 69(7), 1411-1421. doi: 10.1007/s00228-013-1478-8

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Loke, S.-K., Al-Sallami, H. S., Wright, D. F. B., McDonald, J., Jadhav, S., & Duffull, S. B. (2012). Challenges in integrating a complex systems computer simulation in class: An educational design research. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 28(4), 671-683. doi: 10.14742/ajet.834

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Duffull, S. B., Wright, D. F. B., & Winter, H. R. (2011). Interpreting population pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic analyses: A clinical viewpoint. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 71(6), 807-814. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2010.03891.x

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Wright, D. F. B., & Duffull, S. B. (2011). Development of a Bayesian forecasting method for warfarin dose individualisation. Pharmaceutical Research, 28(5), 1100-1111. doi: 10.1007/s11095-011-0369-x

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Wright, D. F. B., Pavan Kumar, V. V., Al-Sallami, H. S., & Duffull, S. B. (2011). The influence of dosing time, variable compliance and circadian low-density lipoprotein production on the effect of simvastatin: Simulations from a pharmacokinetic—pharmacodynamic model. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, 109(6), 494-498. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2011.00757.x

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Wright, D. F. B., Winter, H. R., & Duffull, S. B. (2011). Understanding the time course of pharmacological effect: A PKPD approach. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 71(6), 815-823. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2011.03925.x

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Wright, D. F. B., & Begg, E. J. (2010). The 'apparent clearance' of free phenytoin in elderly vs. younger adults. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 70(1), 132-138. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2010.03673.x

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Wright, D. F. B., Al-Sallami, H. S., Jackson, P. M., & Reith, D. M. (2010). Falsely elevated vancomycin plasma concentrations sampled from central venous implantable catheters (portacaths). British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 70(5), 769-772. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2010.03749.x

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Hishe, H. Z., Stocker, S. L., Stamp, L. K., Dalbeth, N., Merriman, T. R., Phipps-Green, A., & Wright, D. F. B. (2023). The impact of genetic variability in urate transporters on oxypurinol pharmacokinetics [Brief report]. Clinical & Translational Science, 16, 422-428. doi: 10.1111/cts.13460

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Kuan, I. H. S., Wright, D. F. B., & Duffull, S. B. (2023). The influence of flip-flop in population pharmacokinetic analyses. Clinical & Translational Science. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/psp4.12909

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Wright, D. F. B., Sinnappah, K. A., & Hughes, D. A. (2023). Medication adherence research comes of age. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 89, 1914-1917. doi: 10.1111/bcp.15722

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Al-Sallami, H. S., Wright, D. F. B., & Duffull, S. B. (2022). The propagation of between-subject variability from dose to response. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 88, 1414-1417. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14699

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Bies, R. R., & Wright, D. F. B. (2022). Perspectives on the past, present, and future of pharmacometrics. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/bcp.15289

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Sinnappah, K. A., Stocker, S. L., Chan, J. S., Hughes, D. A., & Wright, D. F. B. (2022). Clinical interventions to improve adherence to urate-lowering therapy in patients with gout: A systematic review. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 30, 215-225. doi: 10.1093/ijpp/riac025

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Baker, E. H., Gnjidic, D., Kirkpatrick, C. M. J., Pirmohamed, M., Wright, D. F. B., & Zecharia, A. Y. (2021). A call for the appropriate application of clinical pharmacological principles in the search for safe and efficacious COVID-19 (SARS-COV-2) treatments. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 87(3), 707-711. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14416

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Cremers, S., & Wright, D. F. B. (2021). Nonmedical use of prescription drugs. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 87, 1635-1636. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14797

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Pradhan, S., Duffull, S. B., Wilson, L. C., Kuan, I. H. S., Walker, R. J., Putt, T. L., Schollum, J. B. W., & Wright, D. F. B. (2021). Does the intact nephron hypothesis provide a reasonable model for metformin dosing in chronic kidney disease? [Short communication]. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 87, 4871-4879. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14919

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Wright, D. F. B., & Kirkpatrick, D. F. B. (2021). Science fiction has become reality: Best practice for future viral pandemics. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14997

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Anakin, M., Cuthbert, A. M., Luo, Q., Mwangi, B. M., Scoggins, R. J., Tang, A., Wong, V., & Wright, D. F. B. (2020). How do pharmacy students describe decision-making about drug therapy? MedEdPublish, 9(1), 20. doi: 10.15694/mep.2020.000020.1

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Kuan, I. H. S., Wright, D. F. B., Duffull, S. B., & Zhu, X. (2020). Understanding the association between metformin plasma concentrations and lactate. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 87(2), 700-701. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14394

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Ooi, Q. X., Hasegawa, C., Duffull, S. B., & Wright, D. F. B. (2020). Kinetic-pharmacodynamic model for drugs with non-linear elimination: Parameterisation matters. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 86(2), 196-198. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14154

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Sinnappah, K. A., Kuan, I. H. S., Thynne, T. R. J., Doogue, M. P., & Wright, D. F. B. (2020). The pharmacokinetics of metformin in patients receiving intermittent haemodialysis [Short report]. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 86, 1430-1443. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14244

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Duffull, S. B., Anakin, M. G., & Wright, D. F. B. (2019). Understanding the process of clinical judgement for pharmacists when making clinical decisions. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 15(5), 607-614. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2018.08.005

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Stamp, L. K., Wright, D. F. B., & Dalbeth, N. (2019). Restricting maintenance allopurinol dose according to kidney function in patients with gout is inappropriate! [Letter to the editor]. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 85, 1378-1379. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13798

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Wright, D. F. B., Anakin, M. G., & Duffull, S. B. (2019). Clinical decision-making: An essential skill for 21st century pharmacy practice. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 15(5), 600-606. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2018.08.001

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Chiew, A. L., Wright, D. F. B., Dobos, N. M., McArdle, K., Mostafa, A. A., Newth, A., … Isbister, G. (2018). "Massive" metformin overdose. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 84(12), 2923-2927. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13582

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Chiew, A. L., Wright, D. F. B., Roberts, M. S., & Isbister, G. K. (2018). Response to ‘Comment on ‘‘Massive’ metformin overdose’ by Chiew et al'. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 84, 2940-2941. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13747

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Wright, D. F. B., & Duffull, S. B. (2017). A general empirical model for renal drug handling in pharmacokinetic analyses. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 83(9), 1869-1872. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13306

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Chin, P. K. L., & Wright, D. F. B. (2014). [Letter by Chin et al regarding article, "Efficacy and safety of dabigatran compared with warfarin in relation to baseline renal function in patients with atrial fibrillation: A RE-LY (Randomized Evaluation of Long-Term Anticoagulation Therapy) trial analysis"]. Circulation, 130(22), e194. doi: 10.1161/circulationaha.114.010099

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Chin, P. K. L., Wright, D. F. B., & Begg, E. J. (2014). Dabigatran in patients with mechanical heart valves. New England Journal of Medicine, 370, 382-383. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1315004

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Chin, P. K. L., Wright, D. F. B., Doogue, M. P., & Begg, E. J. (2014). Learning more from the dabigatran concentrations in RE-LY. JACC, 63(24), 2746-2747. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.11.069

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Wright, D. F. B., Al-Sallami, H. S., & Duffull, S. B. (2013). Is the dose of dabigatran really more predictable than warfarin? British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 76(6), 997-998. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12144

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Duffull, S. B., Wright, D. F. B., Al-Sallami, H. S., Zufferey, P. J., & Faed, J. M. (2012). Dabigatran: Rational dose individualisation and monitoring guidance is needed. New Zealand Medical Journal, 125(1357). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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