Chemometrical analysis of fingerprints for the detection of counterfeit and falsified medicines
Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, 2016 Counterfeit medicines pose a major threat to public health worldwide. These pharmaceuticals are mostly manufactured without respecting Good Manufacturing Practices.
Sandra Apers, Celine Duchateau
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Substandard and counterfeit medicines: a systematic review of the literature. [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2013 ObjectiveTo explore the evidence available of poor-quality (counterfeit and substandard) medicines in the literature.DesignSystematic review.Data sourcesDatabases used were EMBASE, MEDLINE, PubMed and the International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, including articles published till January 2013.Eligibility criteriaPrevalence studies containing original ...
Almuzaini T, Choonara I, Sammons H.
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Public health issues with counterfeit medicines. [PDF]
Clin Med (Lond), 2009 Clinicians who prescribe medicines in the UK at primary care and at hospital level are facing the possibly disastrous consequences of a global crime wave – the supply and distribution of counterfeit medicines and healthcare products.
Feldschreiber P.
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Fighting Counterfeit Medicines in Europe: The Effect on Access to Medicines [PDF]
Medicine Access @ Point of Care, 2017 The implementation of the Falsified Medicines Directive, and its Delegated Regulation with detailed specifications of safety features, will provide an additional obstacle for counterfeiters.
Maarten Van Baelen +5 more
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Travel Medicine and Infectious DiseaseBackground: The increasing prevalence of falsified and counterfeit medicines globally poses risks to international travellers. This narrative literature review examines the global challenge of falsified and counterfeit medicines, with a specific focus on
, Gérard Flaherty
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Assessing knowledge, attitudes, and practices and demand-side interventions for combating substandard and falsified medicines: a scoping review [PDF]
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and PracticeBackground The proliferation of substandard and falsified medical products (SFM) poses a significant threat to public health globally. Despite rigorous surveillance and law enforcement efforts, risk of exposure to SFM is on the rise, notably through ...
Eishita Pal +8 more
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Drug Analytical Research, 2020 Gas chromatography (GC) is a gold standard technique used in forensic laboratories, including for the characterization of counterfeit medicines. When coupled simultaneously to flame ionization (FID) and mass detector (MS) allow the identification and ...
Maíra Santos +5 more
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Herbal medicines adulteration with erectile dysfunction pharmaceuticals in sub-Saharan Africa: call to strengthen regulatory measures [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineSub-Saharan Africa is experiencing record levels of informal use of herbal medicines by the population for primary health care, with prevalence rates of up to 90% in some countries.
Kampadilemba Ouoba +6 more
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Substandard and/or counterfeit medicines for patients [PDF]
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2007 Subhash C Arya, Nirmala Agarwal
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Curbing the circulation of counterfeit medicines in Nigeria [PDF]
Lancet, The, 2016 Omotayo Fatokun
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