Detecting counterfeit medicines - think you can do it?
ElectricAye
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Maybe Braino can find a use for his pocket spectrograph after all?
From Forbes:
"...Its a bitter pill to swallow, but you can no longer be sure what will actually be in your next medicine vial. According to the World Health Organizations estimates, it is thought that 10-15 percent of the worlds drug supply (and approximately half that much in the United States) is counterfeit..."
http://www.forbes.com/sites/henrymiller/2012/02/16/fake-drugs-all-at-a-pharmacy-near-you/
From Forbes:
"...Its a bitter pill to swallow, but you can no longer be sure what will actually be in your next medicine vial. According to the World Health Organizations estimates, it is thought that 10-15 percent of the worlds drug supply (and approximately half that much in the United States) is counterfeit..."
http://www.forbes.com/sites/henrymiller/2012/02/16/fake-drugs-all-at-a-pharmacy-near-you/
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and in the best case under dosed and inefficient.
Jean Paul