A qualitative exploration of counterfeit, substandard, spurious, and adulterated drugs in Pakistan: A perspective of drug law experts

The issue of quality of medicine is a worldwide phenomenon and counterfeit, substandard, spurious, and adulterated (CSSA) drugs are a substantial threat to public health. This issue is rampant in the context of low-middle-income countries such as Pakistan. The current study involved a phenomenology-...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 20; no. 4; p. e0322188
Main Authors:	Butt, Farooq Bashir, Saeed, Hamid, Mubarak, Zobia, Raza, Syed Atif, Malik, Usman Rashid, Hashmi, Furqan Khurshid
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 24.04.2025 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Analysis Consumers Control boards Corruption Counterfeit Counterfeit Drugs Counterfeiting Data analysis Data collection Drug Contamination - legislation & jurisprudence Drug policy Drug stores Drug testing Drugs Generic products Health risks Humans Ingredients Interviews Legislation Legislation, Drug Male Mandatory drug testing Medicine and Health Sciences Methods Pakistan People and Places Pharmaceutical industry Pharmacists Phenomenology Practice Public health Public sector Qualitative Research Quality Control Sampling techniques Social Sciences Substandard Drugs Supply chains Testing laboratories Wholesalers Pakistan United States > US Lahore Pakistan
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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