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By Karen Finn
securingpharma.com
24th November, 2011
The Cambodian Department of Drugs and Food (DDF) has found that a significant number of pharmaceutical wholesalers in the country are unsure about the definition of counterfeit medicine and are not adequately informed about the issues surrounding fake drugs.
The regulator is thus calling for the development of guidelines setting out anti-counterfeiting measures, which it says wholesalers urgently need to follow.
The DDF's findings are set out in a report, "Perceptions and practices of pharmaceutical wholesalers surrounding counterfeit medicines in a developing country: a baseline survey", published by BioMed Central Health Services Research on 11 November. It discusses the outcome of a 2009 survey of 62 pharmaceutical wholesalers in Cambodia that was carried out by the DDF in collaboration with Japan's Kanazawa University.
The Cambodian Department of Drugs and Food (DDF) has found that a significant number of pharmaceutical wholesalers in the country are unsure about the definition of counterfeit medicine and are not adequately informed about the issues surrounding fake drugs.
The regulator is thus calling for the development of guidelines setting out anti-counterfeiting measures, which it says wholesalers urgently need to follow.
The DDF's findings are set out in a report, "Perceptions and practices of pharmaceutical wholesalers surrounding counterfeit medicines in a developing country: a baseline survey", published by BioMed Central Health Services Research on 11 November. It discusses the outcome of a 2009 survey of 62 pharmaceutical wholesalers in Cambodia that was carried out by the DDF in collaboration with Japan's Kanazawa University.
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