Title |
Pilot Study of Essential Drug Quality in Two Major Cities in India
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2009
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0006003 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Roger Bate, Richard Tren, Lorraine Mooney, Kimberly Hess, Barun Mitra, Bibek Debroy, Amir Attaran |
Abstract |
India is an increasingly influential player in the global pharmaceutical market. Key parts of the drug regulatory system are controlled by the states, each of which applies its own standards for enforcement, not always consistent with others. A pilot study was conducted in two major cities in India, Delhi and Chennai, to explore the question/hypothesis/extent of substandard and counterfeit drugs available in the market and to discuss how the Indian state and federal governments could improve drug regulation and more importantly regulatory enforcement to combat these drugs. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Spain | 1 | 33% |
Germany | 1 | 33% |
India | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 108 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Dominican Republic | 1 | <1% |
Brazil | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 103 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 26 | 24% |
Researcher | 17 | 16% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 15% |
Lecturer | 8 | 7% |
Student > Bachelor | 7 | 6% |
Other | 16 | 15% |
Unknown | 18 | 17% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 31% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 10% |
Social Sciences | 9 | 8% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 9 | 8% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 4% |
Other | 17 | 16% |
Unknown | 25 | 23% |