Substandard and Falsified Medicines in Myanmar [PDF]
Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2020 Background: substandard and falsified medicines (SFMs) are a threat to public health. The availability of SFMs in Myanmar was reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1999, but there have been few systematic surveys on falsified medicines in ...
Naoko Yoshida +2 more
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Substandard and falsified medicines in Africa: healthcare systems challenges, supply chain issues, regulatory challenges and strategies to increase access to quality medicines [PDF]
Frontiers in PharmacologyAfrica is a unique continent due to high disease burden for both communicable and non-communicable diseases, attracting large-scale distribution of medicines to tackle public health issues.
Sangeeta Tanna +2 more
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Falsified Medicines—Bridging the Gap between Business and Public Health [PDF]
Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2016 The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most regulated industries in the world. While legislation is necessary to protect patients, too much legislation is said to hamper innovation and increase medicine prices.
Rasmus Borup
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The impact of global falsified medicines regulation on healthcare stakeholders in the legitimate pharmaceutical supply chain: a systematic review [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineBackgroundFalsified medicines and their international regulation impacts all healthcare sectors and their actors. These regulations aim to strengthen and protect the global pharmaceutical supply chain against falsified medicines.
Bernard Naughton
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Falsified Medicines Directive: Are We Heading in the Right Direction? [PDF]
Medicine Access @ Point of Care, 2017 Falsified medicines for human use are an increasing problem in Europe. The Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) 2011/62/EU provides measures to prevent the entry of falsified medicines into the legal supply chain by requiring the placing of safety ...
Roberto Frontini
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A Cross-Sectional Investigation for Verification of Globalization of Falsified Medicines in Cambodia, Indicated by Tablets of Sildenafil Citrate [PDF]
Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2019 Medicine falsification is a global issue. Viagra, an erectile dysfunction therapeutic (EDT) medicine consisting primarily of sildenafil citrate, is the most commonly falsified medicine worldwide.
Naoko Yoshida +2 more
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Global perspective of the risks of falsified and counterfeit medicines: A critical review of the literature [PDF]
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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Current challenges in the detection and analysis of falsified medicines
Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 2021 Falsified medicines affect public health all around the globe. Complex distribution routes, illegal online webshops and reuse of packaging materials make them hard to detect. In order to tackle this problem, detection methods for the recognition of suspicious medicines and subsequent confirmation of falsification by analytical techniques is required ...
Bastiaan Venhuis +1 more
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Falsified and substandard medicines trafficking: A wakeup call for the African continent
Public Health in Practice, 2022 While great effort is being placed on reducing disease burdens in Africa, the circulation of falsified and substandard medicines in the continent are reversing the hard-won gains.
Yusuf Hassan Wada, Garba M Khalid
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Substandard and falsified medicine screening technologies [PDF]
AAPS Open, 2019 Substandard and falsified medicine screening technologies are invaluable tools for post-marketing surveillance of medicine quality, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
Lukas Roth +2 more
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