The development and appraisal of a tool designed to find patients harmed by falsely labelled, falsified (counterfeit) medicines

• Main Authors: Marija Anđelković (Author), Einar Björnsson (Author), Virgilio De Bono (Author), Nenad Dikić (Author), Katleen Devue (Author), Daniel Ferlin (Author), Miroslav Hanževački (Author), Freyja Jónsdóttir (Author), Mkrtich Shakaryan (Author), Sabine Walser (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Falsely labelled, falsified (counterfeit) medicines (FFCm's) are produced or distributed illegally and can harm patients. Although the occurrence of FFCm's is increasing in Europe, harm is rarely reported. The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Heal...