Counterfeit medicines
By: edited by Albert I. Wertheimer and Perry G. Wang
Publisher: ILM Publications
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Porters Wood, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781906799083
Subjects: Drug Industry; Fraud; Drug and Narcotic Control; Counterfeit Drugs; Prevention & control; Public Policy
Description: "Discusses the economic and financial consequences of pharmaceutical product counterfeiting and describes some of the measures that can be taken to counteract their impact"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Policy, economics, and countermeasures; title: v. 2. Identification and analysis.; title: The background and history of counterfeit medicines / Obinna Obi-Eyisi and Albert I. Wertheimer; title: The current policy and law of counterfeit medicines : in memoriam to Donald Eulette deKieffer, 1945-2011 / Donald deKieffer and J. Kevin Horgan; title: The financial and economic aspects of counterfeit medicines / F. Ellen Loh; title: The counterfeiting of pharmaceutical products in lesser developed countries : a case study of Mexico / Rafael Gual Cosio; title: The fight against counterfeit and substandard pharmaceuticals by governments, international agencies, and professional societies / Anna Gu; title: International politics becomes involved in the fight against counterfeit medicines / Kawthar ElBishlawi; title: Addressing illicit online pharmacies : global patient safety and regulatory challenges / Bryan A. Liang and Tim MacKey; title: Counterfeiting in other industries : lessons for pharmaceuticals / Nazli Sencan; title: Overview of the selection of strategic authentication and tracing programmes / John Spink.