Combating Sale of Counterfeit and Falsified Medicines Online: A Losing Battle

Affiliations

¹ Unit for Medication Outcomes Research and Education, Pharmacy, School of Medicine, University of TasmaniaHobart, TAS, Australia.
² Faculty of Pharmacy, SEGi UniversitySelangor, Malaysia.
³ Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of BathBath, UK.
⁴ Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman UniversitySharjah, UAE.

Kah Seng Lee et al. Front Pharmacol. 2017.

. 2017 May 16:8:268.

doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00268. eCollection 2017.

¹ Unit for Medication Outcomes Research and Education, Pharmacy, School of Medicine, University of TasmaniaHobart, TAS, Australia.
² Faculty of Pharmacy, SEGi UniversitySelangor, Malaysia.
³ Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of BathBath, UK.
⁴ Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman UniversitySharjah, UAE.

No abstract available

Keywords: fake medicines; falsified medicines; illicit drug; medicines trafficking; prescription medicines; substandard drug.

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Commentary: Combating Sale of Counterfeit and Falsified Medicines Online: A Losing Battle.
Huang B, Xu M. Huang B, et al. Front Pharmacol. 2017 Dec 11;8:909. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00909. eCollection 2017. Front Pharmacol. 2017. PMID: 29375371 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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