[en] Counterfeit and illegal pharmaceutical products are an increasing worldwide problem and constitute a major challenge for analytical laboratories to detect and characterize them. Spectroscopic techniques as infrared spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy were always the first methods of choice to detect counterfeits and illegal preparations, but due to the evolution in the products seized and the necessity of risk assessment, chromatographic methods are becoming more important in this domain. This review intends to give a general overview of the techniques described in literature to characterize counterfeit and illegal pharmaceutical preparations, focussing on the role of chromatographic techniques, with different detection tools.
Disciplines :
Pharmacy, pharmacology & toxicology
Author, co-author :
Deconinck, Eric
Sacre, Pierre-Yves ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de pharmacie > Chimie analytique
Courselle, Patricia
De Beer, Jacques
Language :
English
Title :
Chromatography in the detection and characterisation of illegal pharmaceutical preparations
Publication date :
2013
Journal title :
Journal of Chromatographic Science
ISSN :
0021-9665
eISSN :
1945-239X
Publisher :
Preston Technical Abstracts, Niles, United States - Illinois
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