Identifying market risk for substandard and falsified medicines: an analytic framework based on qualitative research in China, Indonesia, Turkey and Romania [version 1; peer review: 3 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open Research, 2019 Introduction: Substandard and falsified medicines undermine health systems. We sought to unravel the political and economic factors which drive the production of these products, and to explain how they reach patients.
Elizabeth Pisani +5 more
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Countering counterfeits: The role of nurse practitioners in the fight against substandard and falsified medicines. [PDF]
J Am Assoc Nurse PractSubstandard and falsified (SF) medicines, also referred to as counterfeit drugs, represent a global public health emergency. These products range from drugs with no or little active ingredient to medicines laced with illicit fentanyl. Counterfeits can be copies of brand, generic, or over-the-counter medicines.
Rusatira JC, Ahmed S.
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Substandard and falsified medicines in the UK: a retrospective review of drug alerts (2001-2011). [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2013 ObjectiveTo determine the extent of substandard and falsified medicines in the UK.DesignA retrospective review of drug alerts and company-led recalls.SettingThe Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) website search for drug alerts issued between 2001 and 2011.Eligibility criteriaDrug alerts related to quality defect in medicinal ...
Almuzaini T, Sammons H, Choonara I.
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The urgent need for African research collaboration on medicine quality [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsSubstandard and falsified medicines threaten African health systems, yet research on this crisis is fragmented and concentrated in few countries, predominantly led by Global North institutions.
Fanqi Zeng +4 more
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Substandard and Falsified Medicines: The Case of HIV/AIDS. [PDF]
J Infect Dis, 2019 Suthar AB, Coggin W, Raizes E.
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Critical Public HealthSubstandard and falsified medicines (SF medicines) pose a severe threat to population health and safety. China has a large proportion of SF medicines, imposing a heavy economic burden and exacerbating inequities in access to quality medications ...
Tangsiwei Xin
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Screening for substandard and falsified medicines in Nigeria using visual inspection and GPHF-Minilab analysis: lessons learnt for future training of health workers and pharmacy personnel [PDF]
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and PracticeLutz Heide
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices on substandard and falsified medicines for human and animal use in Wakiso district, Uganda [PDF]
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and PracticeLinda Gibson +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 The prevalence of substandard and falsified medicines in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is a major global public health concern. Multiple screening technologies for post-market surveillance of medicine quality have been developed but there ...
Colleen R. Higgins +2 more
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Community pharmacy professionals’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward substandard and falsified medicines and associated factors in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia [PDF]
Frontiers in PharmacologyYeniewa Kerie Anagaw +2 more
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