ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2015
Collaborative health and enforcement operations on the quality of antimalarials and antibiotics in southeast Asia.
Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 15 papers.
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- Response to antimicrobial resistance in South-East Asia Region.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2023Review
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- A random survey of the prevalence of falsified and substandard antibiotics in the Lao PDR.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2022Article
- A comprehensive analysis of selected medicines collected from private drug outlets of Dhaka city, Bangladesh in a simple random survey.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Clarification of the internal structure and factors of poor dissolution of substandard roxithromycin tablets by near-infrared chemical imaging.International journal of pharmaceutics · 2021Article
- Country Income Is Only One of the Tiles: The Global Journey of Antimicrobial Resistance among Humans, Animals, and Environment.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Triboelectric Nanogenerator (TENG) Mass Spectrometry of Falsified Antimalarials.Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM · 2018Article
- Are we doing enough to prevent poor-quality antimalarial medicines in the developing world?BMC public health · 2018Article
- A current perspective on antimicrobial resistance in Southeast Asia.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2017Article
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- A Scan of CDC-Authored Articles on Legal Epidemiology, 2011-2015.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) · 2016Article
- Combating poor-quality anti-malarial medicines: a call to action.Malaria journal · 2016Review
- The global pandemic of falsified medicines: laboratory and field innovations and policy perspectives.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2015Article
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- Erratum issuedErratum.2015
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Abstract
Counterfeit (or falsified) and substandard medicines pose a major public health risk. We describe the findings of Operation Storm I and II conducted in 2008-2009 to combat counterfeit medicines through partnership between national customs, Drug Regulatory Agencies (DRAs), and police in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Samples were obtained from seizures and market surveillance by national DRAs. Laboratory analysis using spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques and examination of packaging were performed. Ninety-three suspect antibiotics and 95 antimalarial samples were collected. Of the 93 antibiotics, 29 (31%) had % active pharmaceutical ingredient content (%API) < 85% or > 115% (including one counterfeit). Of the 95 antimalarials, 30 (32%) had %API < 85 > 115% API (including one counterfeit). A significant minority of samples, antimalarials (13%) and antibiotics (15%), were collected in plastic bags with minimal or no labeling. Of 20 ampicillin samples, 13 (65%) contained < 85% API (with one counterfeit containing additional amoxicillin). Of 34 oral artesunate samples, 7 (21%) contained %API out of the 85-115% range. Coordinated and synergistic partnership adopted by the participating countries, International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), World Health Organization (WHO), and laboratories facilitated a platform for discussions and intelligence sharing, helping to improve each participating country's capacity to combat poor-quality medicines.
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