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Surveillance for substandard and falsified medicines by local faith-based organizations in 13 low- and middle-income countries using the GPHF Minilab

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
This study evaluates the use of the Global Pharma Health Fund (GPHF) Minilab for medicine quality screening by 16 faith-based drug supply organizations located in 13 low- and middle-income countries. The study period included the year before the COVID-19
Gesa Gnegel   +4 more
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Accountability and Falsifiability

open access: yesAnnals of the Japan Association for Philosophy of Science, 2000
Summary: As Popper's arguments range over various fields, it is not easy to comprehend his thought in a unified way. Yet, there are key concepts that may often serve to bridge the gap between the various fields. One such key concept is the principle of accountability, which he describes as the necessary condition of the `scientific' determinism that he
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Development and initial validation of a postal survey evaluation of community pharmacists’ opinion regarding falsified (counterfeit) medicines in Hampshire (UK) [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research, 2018
Context: Falsified-medicines pose a worldwide problem to patients, healthcare professionals, pharmaceutical companies, and governments. Community pharmacists are usually the last points of contact with patients and can protect them by quarantining ...
Ravina Barrett, Hussein A. Al-Mousawi
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The plague of unexpected drug recalls and the pandemic of falsified medications in cardiovascular medicine as a threat to patient safety and global public health: A brief review

open access: yesCardiology Journal, 2022
Valsartan, losartan, and irbesartan, are widely used in the treatment strategies of cardiovascular medicine diseases, including hypertension and heart failure.
Damian Świeczkowski   +5 more
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Collaborative reliance in medicine safety and quality regulation: Investigation of experiences in handling N-nitrosamine impurities among ZaZiBoNa participating countries

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2022
IntroductionThe presence of N-nitrosamine impurities in medicines raised concerns globally as they are genotoxic and probable human carcinogens. A review of N-nitrosamine impurities in medicines provides an opportunity for National Regulatory Authorities
Patience P. Shabangu   +2 more
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Scale validation for the identification of falsified hand sanitizer: public and regulatory authorities perspectives from United Arab Emirates

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background Since the time of declaration of global pandemic of COVID-19 by World Health Organization (WHO), falsified hand sanitizers surfaced regularly in markets, posing possible harm to public due to unlisted inclusion of methanol.
Ammar Abdulrahman Jairoun   +4 more
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Science and Pseudoscience - Falsifiability

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2023
The delimitation between science and pseudoscience is part of the more general task of determining which beliefs are epistemologically justified. Standards for demarcation may vary by domain, but several basic principles are universally accepted.  Karl Popper proposed falsifiability as an important criterion in distinguishing between science and ...
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ON THE FALSIFIABILITY OF MATCHING THEORY [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1986
Herrnstein's matching theory requires the parameter, k, which appears in the single‐alternative form of the matching equation, to remain invariant with respect to changes in reinforcement parameters like magnitude or immediacy. Recent experiments have disconfirmed matching theory by showing that the invariant‐k requirement does not hold.
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Forensic investigation of falsified antimalarials using isotope ratio mass spectrometry: a pilot investigation

open access: yesScientific Reports
We explored whether isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) is useful to investigate the origin of falsified antimalarials. Forty-four falsified and genuine antimalarial samples (artesunate, artemether-lumefantrine, dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine and ...
Paul N. Newton   +6 more
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