Fake drugs that could kill are on the rise in Western countries – here’s why
Lundin, Susanne LU
and Liu, Rui
LU
(2019)
In The Conversation
- Abstract
- Fake medicines – illegal and substandard pharmaceuticals – have until now largely been a problem in low and middle-income countries. Ranging from lifestyle products to lifesaving medicines, such products are now also on the rise in the Western world. The spread is concerning, as fake medicines can be completely ineffective or extremely toxic.
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- author
- Lundin, Susanne
LU
and Liu, Rui
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2019-06-24
- type
- Contribution to specialist publication or newspaper
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Falsified medicine, Sweden, Europe
- categories
- Popular Science
- in
- The Conversation
- project
- Medical humanities research node
- Illegal drugs - gathering information from the public and doctors. A preliminary evaluation of the implementation of knowledge in society. LUinnovation/VINNOVA (Projekt ID: 2014-1006)
- Cultures of Consumption
- Falsified medicines in a multi cultural society. Importance of knowledge exchange between the public and expertise.
- Falsified Medicines. What the public says and professionals know – knowledge exchange providing a basis for actions.
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- a5dc4ae8-6d11-4ace-8d57-25b3f828dc72
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- https://theconversation.com/fake-drugs-that-could-kill-are-on-the-rise-in-western-countries-heres-why-119059
- date added to LUP
- 2019-06-24 17:58:25
- date last changed
- 2021-09-21 02:31:28
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