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AIMS To introduce Safe Therapeutic Economic Pharmaceutical Selection (STEPSelect), a drug selection and procurement system, to a Polish university hospital and determine if credible results could be achieved. Methods A project was established at the University Hospital, Gdansk to assign a hospitalbased panel of doctors and pharmacists to select low molecular weight heparins (LMWHs) using STEPSelect. Products selected were then procured by the hospital. results Using STEPSelect, the clinical panel opted to select one LMWH instead of three in the previous year. Procurement of this product resulted in a cost saving of 13.4% compared with the previous year. conclus ion STEPSelect should be extended in Poland as similar efficiencies can be expected for LMWHs in other hospitals and for other therapeutic classes. Efficiencies of scale can be expected for high volume/cost medicines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]