Operation resistance: A snapshot of falsified antibiotics and biopharmaceutical injectables in Europe

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 398-401

  Venhuis, Bastiaan J ^a   Keizers, Peter H J ^a   Klausmann, Rüdiger ^b   Hegger, Ingrid ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Regional Intelligence Office Western Europe (RILO WE)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Antimicrobal resistance; Biopharmaceutical; Counterfeit medicines; Falsified medicines; Pangea; Peptide injectables

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; PEPTIDES; SHIPS;

ANTIMICROBAL RESISTANCE; BELGIUM; BIOPHARMACEUTICALS; COUNTERFEIT MEDICINES; CZECH REPUBLIC; FALSIFIED MEDICINE; INJECTABLES; PANGEA; PEPTIDE INJECTABLE; PERSONAL USE;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COUNTERFEIT DRUG; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; MELANOTAN II; SERMORELIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MICROCAPSULE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; TABLET;

ARTICLE; DRUG LABELING; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; EUROPE; LICENSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CRIME; HUMAN; INJECTION; MICROCAPSULE; STANDARDS; TABLET;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAPSULES; COUNTERFEIT DRUGS; CRIME; EUROPE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS; TABLETS;

EID: 84962934140     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1888     Document Type: Article

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