Testing and evaluation of antimalarial drug quality in Dien Bien, Quang Tri, Dak Lak and Binh Phuoc in 2004

ABSTRACT

Antimalarial drug samples were collected from different parts of the country for quality investigation in 2004. A total of 129 samples of different batches were collected at three rounds and cross-checked at local, central level and abroad. At the round one, three out of 49 collected samples were found substandard. One of 40 samples of the second round was determined counterfeit (2.5%). The re-analysis of 51 samples at NIDQC revealed two from the first round were substandard and one from the second round was counterfeit