Usefulness of combined screening methods for rapid detection of falsified and/or substandard medicines in the absence of a confirmatory method

Usefulness of combined screening methods for rapid detection of falsified and/or substandard medicines in the absence of a confirmatory method

Abstract Background The influx of substandard and falsified medicines is a global public health challenge and its rapid detection is a key solution to the menace. This study used three screening methods and one confirmatory method for the quality assessment of 25 batches of artemether/lumefantrine d...

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Main Authors: Kwabena Frimpong-Manso Opuni, Henry Nettey, Marvin Adjei Larbi, Salome Naa Amerley Amartey, Gifty Nti, Abraham Dzidonu, Patrick Owusu-Danso, Nicholas Amoah Owusu, Alexander Kwadwo Nyarko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Anti-malarial
Falsified medicines
Substandard medicines
Screening and confirmatory methods
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-3045-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-3045-y

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