Global landscape assessment of screening technologies for medicine quality assurance: stakeholder perceptions and practices from ten countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The spread of substandard and falsified (SF) medical products constitutes a growing global public health concern. Some countries use portable, handheld screening technologies (STs) in the field to accelerate detection of SF medicines and reduce the number of medicine samples that undergo costly and time-consuming confirmatory analysis.

Methods

A multi-country, multi-stakeholder landscape assessment utilizing qualitative methodology was used to examine practices and perceptions related to the use of STs. Qualitative interview guides were designed using the results of a literature review and comprised of open-ended questions with the study participants, who were from national medicine regulatory authorities, pharmaceutical manufacturers, pharmacies, and distributors

SUBMITTER: Roth L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5922304 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature