| Impact of poor-quality medicines in the 'developing' world. | |
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PMID: 20117849 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Since our ancestors began trading several millennia ago, counterfeit and substandard medicines have been a recurring problem, with history punctuated by crises in the supply of anti-microbials, such as fake cinchona bark in the 1600s and fake quinine in the 1800s. Unfortunately this problem persists, in particular afflicting unsuspecting patients in 'developing' countries. Poor-quality drugs are a vital (but neglected) public health problem. They contribute to a 'crevasse' between the enormous effort in therapeutic research and policy decisions and implementation of good-quality medicines. |
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Authors:
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Paul N Newton; Michael D Green; Facundo M Fernández |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Date: 2010-02-01 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Trends in pharmacological sciences Volume: 31 ISSN: 1873-3735 ISO Abbreviation: Trends Pharmacol. Sci. Publication Date: 2010 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-03-08 Completed Date: 2010-06-02 Revised Date: 2010-09-28 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7906158 Medline TA: Trends Pharmacol Sci Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 99-101 Citation Subset: IM |
Copyright Information:
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2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Affiliation:
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Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR. paul@tropmedres.ac |
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Consumer Product Safety Delivery of Health Care / legislation & jurisprudence, standards* Developing Countries* Drug Contamination / legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control* Drug Industry / legislation & jurisprudence, standards* Pharmaceutical Preparations / standards* Public Health / standards Quality Control |
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//Wellcome Trust |
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0/Pharmaceutical Preparations |
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