Study finds substandard malaria drugs, but no fakes
A new report suggests counterfeit anti-malarial drugs are far less prevalent in Cambodia than previously thought, but almost a third of the legitimate medicines are of substandard quality. According to the study, published on Monday by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, none of the 291 anti-malarial drug samples bought at pharmacies in Cambodia were phony, though only 69 per cent were considered “good quality”. As the report points out, the findings contrast with the widely held notion that bogus anti-malarials are commonplace in the Kingdom, something lead author Dr Shumnay Yeung says she was unsurprised about. …
Charles Parkinson
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