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Two brothers, their mother and a cousin are accused of operating a large-scale fake online pharmacy scam that shipped to consumers all over the globe. The danger that fake online pharmacies pose to U.S. consumers is one of the primary topics we will be discussing September 18 at Interchange 2014 in Washington D.C. Trib Live is reporting that family members…
Read MoreSample of drugs confiscated in EU raid. Photo Credit: Europol. Law enforcement across Europe dismantled a vast counterfeit medication ring. Two men in United Kingdom among several arrested for selling counterfeit medication online. Europol has posted a press release concerning a counterfeit drug investigation conducted in cooperation with investigators in Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Hungary, Slovakia, Spain and the United…
Read MoreThe article reports that the California State Board of Pharmacy held a meeting in December 2012 to address comments from the public regarding requirements for electronic record of transactions for prescription drugs. Traynor, Kate. "California pharmacy board takes next steps toward electronic pedigree." American Journal Of Health-System Pharmacy 70, no. 4 (February 15, 2013): 303-304.
Read MoreAbstract This paper proposes a direct and efficient method to discriminate between counterfeit and authentic Cialis and Viagra samples by combining attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy with multivariate techniques. The chemical profile of 53 commercial samples (Viagra®, Cialis®) and 104 counterfeit samples (Viagra and Cialis) from distinct seizures were obtained from ATR-FTIR data derived from 10 mg…
Read MoreHighlights A novel identification system for screening of the counterfeit drugs is proposed. The strategy provides an alternative. The strategy is demonstrated with high rapidity, accuracy and cost-effectiveness. AbstractQuick inspection methods for counterfeit drugs are of vital necessity. In this study, the feasibility of portable Raman spectroscopy as an analytical method together with a novel identification system for fake…
Read MoreHighlights The reported LC-MS/MS method resolved 82 erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs in 10 min. ED drug extraction from different matrices gave recoveries from 92 to111%. The screening method was successfully applied to more than 32 samples. The method is faster and more sensitive than currently used and reported methods. Identification of additional species, in an untargeted approach, is possible. …
Read MoreHighlights Fingerprints might contribute to the health risk evaluation of counterfeit drugs. GC-fingerprints were used to discriminate between genuine and counterfeit medicines. Fingerprints were analyzed using different chemometric techniques. Principal Component Analysis clearly discriminated between genuine and counterfeit. Soft Independent Modelling of Class Analogy generated the best predictive models. Abstract Counterfeit medicines are a global threat to public health. These…
Read MoreAbstract Pharmaceutical counterfeiting is becoming a serious problem all over the world. This paper presents several of the most important methods used to elucidate this problem including near- and mid-infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, isotopic characterization, chromatographic and mass spectrometric approaches. Bunaciu, Andrei A., Şerban Fleschin, and Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein. "Spectroscopic Analytical Methods for Detection of Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Preparations — A…
Read MoreThe counterfeiting of pharmaceuticals is a global issue that is expanding each year. The severity of drugs counterfeited has increased from lifestyle drugs to include lifesaving (such as anticancer) types in recent times. The miniaturization of instrumentation has led to out-of-laboratory analysis for product authentication. Raman spectroscopy is ideal for pharmaceutical identifications and has been proven to detect counterfeit drugs.…
Read MoreAbstractSeveral analytical techniques aimed at profiling drugs are deemed costly and time consuming, and may not be promptly available for analysis when required. This paper proposes a method for identifying the analytical techniques providing the most relevant data for classification of drug samples into authentic and unauthentic categories. For that matter, we integrate principal components analysis (PCA) to k-Nearest Neighbor…
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