Quality assurance in anti-tuberculosis drug procurement by the Stop TB Partnership-Global Drug Facility: Procedures, costs, time requirements, and comparison of assay and dissolution results by manufacturers and by external analysis.
<h4>Background</h4>Quality-assured medicines are a principal means of achieving health-related Sustainable Development Goals. An example of quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) procedures in drug procurement is provided by the operation of the Global Drug Facility (GDF) of the Stop...
Main Authors: | Cathrin Hauk, Simon Schäfermann, Peter Martus, Nigorsulton Muzafarova, Magali Babaley, Brenda Waning, Lutz Heide |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243428 |
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