Substandard medicines: a greater problem than counterfeit medicines?

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Substandard medicines: a greater problem than counterfeit medicines?

Substandard medicines are medicines which have failed to pass the quality measurements and standards set for them.1 They should be distinguished from counterfeit (falsified) medicines which are deliberately and fraudulently mislabelled. Combining the two together however is not helpful. They are dif...

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Main Authors:	Sammons, Helen M., Choonara, Imti
Format:	Article
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2017
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43584/

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