New technology can check for drug fakes
28th August 2012
By Staff writer
The researchers are currently working on creating an affordable prototype, a conference was told.
“It would enable medical officials in developing countries to check on whether a drug for malaria, tuberculosis or other diseases is the real thing, or a fake that contains no active ingredients,” the lead researcher told the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society held earlier this month in Philadelphia.
The World Health Organization estimates that