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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464856303321

Titolo

Countering the problem of falsified and substandard drugs / / Committee on Understanding the Global Public Health Implications of Substandard, Falsified, and Counterfeit Medical Products, Board on Global Health ; Gillian J. Buckley and Lawrence O. Gostin, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-309-26940-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (375 p.)

Disciplina

364.1668

Soggetti

Pharmaceutical industry - Quality control

Fraud - Prevention

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Contents""; ""Boxes, Figures, and Tables""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Effects of Falsified and Substandard Drugs""; ""3 The Magnitude of the Problem""; ""4 Causes of Falsified and Substandard Drugs""; ""5 Weaknesses in the Drug Distribution Chain""; ""6 Detection Technology""; ""7 An International Code of Practice for Falsified and Substandard Medicines""; ""Appendix A: Glossary""; ""Appendix B: Committee Biographies""; ""Appendix C: Meeting Agendas""