Medication management and adherence during the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives and experiences from low-and middle-income countries

IA Kretchy, M Asiedu-Danso, JP Kretchy - Research in social and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is placing a huge strain on
health systems worldwide. Suggested solutions like social distancing and lockdowns in …

Blockchain for drug traceability: Architectures and open challenges

M Uddin, K Salah, R Jayaraman… - Health informatics …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Pharmaceutical supply chain (PSC) consists of multiple stakeholders including raw material
suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, regulatory authorities, pharmacies, hospitals, and …

Blockchain Medledger: Hyperledger fabric enabled drug traceability system for counterfeit drugs in pharmaceutical industry

M Uddin - International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2021 - Elsevier
Counterfeit drugs are one of the most severe threats to the pharmaceutical industry. World
Health Organization (WHO) highlights that nearly 1035% of the drugs, ie, one out of ten …

Essential medicines for universal health coverage

VJ Wirtz, HV Hogerzeil, AL Gray, M Bigdeli… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Essential medicines satisfy the priority health-care needs of the
population. Essential medicines policies are crucial to promoting health and achieving …

Prevalence and estimated economic burden of substandard and falsified medicines in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Ozawa, DR Evans, S Bessias, DG Haynie… - JAMA network …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Substandard and falsified medicines burden health systems by diverting
resources to ineffective or harmful therapies, causing medical complications and prolonging …

A review of existing and emerging digital technologies to combat the global trade in fake medicines

TK Mackey, G Nayyar - Expert opinion on drug safety, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The globalization of the pharmaceutical supply chain has introduced new
challenges, chief among them, fighting the international criminal trade in fake medicines. As …

Performance analysis of a private blockchain network built on Hyperledger Fabric for healthcare

G Al-Sumaidaee, R Alkhudary, Z Zilic… - Information Processing & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The healthcare industry suffers from poor interoperability due to its fragmented
communication systems. Each medical institution has a communication system that is not …

Edible unclonable functions

JW Leem, MS Kim, SH Choi, SR Kim, SW Kim… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Counterfeit medicines are a fundamental security problem. Counterfeiting medication poses
a tremendous threat to patient safety, public health, and the economy in developed and less …

The uncertain role of substandard and falsified medicines in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance

S Cavany, S Nanyonga, C Hauk, C Lim… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Approximately 10% of antimicrobials used by humans in low-and middle-income countries
are estimated to be substandard or falsified. In addition to their negative impact on morbidity …

[HTML][HTML] Raman spectroscopy in pharmaceutical product design

A Paudel, D Raijada, J Rantanen - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Almost 100 years after the discovery of the Raman scattering phenomenon, related
analytical techniques have emerged as important tools in biomedical sciences. Raman …