Counterfeit medicines /

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Imprint:Porters Wood, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK : ILM Publications, 2012.
Description:v. : ill. ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8846609
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Other authors / contributors:Wertheimer, Albert I.
Wang, Perry G.
ISBN:9781906799083 (v. 1)
1906799083 (v. 1)
9781906799182 (v. 2)
1906799180 (v. 2)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"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.
Table of Contents:
  • V. 1. Policy, economics, and countermeasures
  • v. 2. Identification and analysis.
  • The background and history of counterfeit medicines / Obinna Obi-Eyisi and Albert I. Wertheimer
  • The current policy and law of counterfeit medicines : in memoriam to Donald Eulette deKieffer, 1945-2011 / Donald deKieffer and J. Kevin Horgan
  • The financial and economic aspects of counterfeit medicines / F. Ellen Loh
  • The counterfeiting of pharmaceutical products in lesser developed countries : a case study of Mexico / Rafael Gual Cosio
  • The fight against counterfeit and substandard pharmaceuticals by governments, international agencies, and professional societies / Anna Gu
  • International politics becomes involved in the fight against counterfeit medicines / Kawthar ElBishlawi
  • Addressing illicit online pharmacies : global patient safety and regulatory challenges / Bryan A. Liang and Tim MacKey
  • Counterfeiting in other industries : lessons for pharmaceuticals / Nazli Sencan
  • Overview of the selection of strategic authentication and tracing programmes / John Spink.