Economic cost of substandard and falsified human medicines and cosmetics with banned ingredients in Tanzania from 2005 to 2015: a retrospective review of data from the regulatory authority.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the economic cost of substandard and falsified human medicines and cosmetics with banned ingredients in Tanzania from 2005 to 2015.

Design

A retrospective review of data.

Setting

Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority and premises dealing with importations and distributions of pharmaceuticals.

Eligibility criteria

Confiscation reports of substandard human medicines, falsified human medicines and cosmetics with banned ingredients.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Quantities and costs of pharmaceutical products, costs of transportation, storage, court cases and disposal of products.

Results

The economic cost of substandard and falsified human medicines and cosmetics with banned ingredients was estimated at US$16.2 million, tha

SUBMITTER: Mori AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6020956 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature