Counterfeit Medicines Volume II Detection, Identification and Analysis

Counterfeit pharmaceuticals present a real threat to legitimate pharmaceutical manufacturers and can be potentially damaging to a company’s reputation and financial position, not to mention the risk to public health. Counterfeit Medicines Volume II Detection, Identification and Analysis describes the different analytical techniques that can be used to distinguish between genuine and counterfeit pharmaceutical products. A variety of techniques in spectroscopy and chromatography are covered and case studies are included.

This book is the second volume of a two-volume series dealing with counterfeit and substandard pharmaceuticals. It explores the technical approaches to stop this dangerous business; non-destructive testing; the use of sophisticated laboratory apparatus; and other quantitative anti-counterfeiting approaches. While Volume I examines the economic and financial side of this dilemma.

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