A qualitative exploration of counterfeit, substandard, spurious, and adulterated drugs in Pakistan: A perspective of drug law experts
The study revealed that proper drug surveillance, ensuring the presence of a pharmacist, enforcing the law, securing the supply chain, infrastructure for a drug control regime, and training regulators can help tackle this problem.
Authors
- Hamid Saeed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1400-4825)
- Furqan Khurshid Hashmi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4921-3739)
- Fauzia Butt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4952-3075)
- Usman Rashid Malik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8872-9749)
- Zobia Mubarak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7639-1167)
- Syed Atif Raza
Institutions
- University of Lahore (PK)
- University of the Punjab (PK)
- Primary HealthCare (MT)
- Xi'an Jiaotong University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-04-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0322188
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.64