Evaluation of the type and structure of the imprints used on the surface of medicines

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Autor(a) principal: Pires, Carla
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Vigário, Marina, Cavaco, Afonso
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/25687
Resumo: Background: Drug imprints on the surfaces of medicines could be used as accessible and economic anti-counterfeiting measures. Aims: to identify and study the structure of different types of imprints, and discuss potential problems related to their structure/format. Method: 531 Portuguese package leaflets (PLs) were manually inspected to confirm and collect the description of the imprints. The number of letters, symbols or mixtures of both was quantified in each imprint. An electronic tool was used to evaluate the linguistic characteristics. Results: Only 7.9% of 531 PLs described imprints. 55 imprints were identified: 23 (41.8%) only formed by letters and 32 (58.2%) formed by letters, numbers or symbols. It was possible to identify 171 words. Conclusion: It seems, that the imprints were not systematically used as anti-counterfeiting measures. Experimental studies and the updating of the pharmaceutical regulation on the suitability and specificities of these imprints are recommended.
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spelling Evaluation of the type and structure of the imprints used on the surface of medicinesConsumer product safetyLegislation as topicQuality improvementProduction of productsCounterfeit drugsBackground: Drug imprints on the surfaces of medicines could be used as accessible and economic anti-counterfeiting measures. Aims: to identify and study the structure of different types of imprints, and discuss potential problems related to their structure/format. Method: 531 Portuguese package leaflets (PLs) were manually inspected to confirm and collect the description of the imprints. The number of letters, symbols or mixtures of both was quantified in each imprint. An electronic tool was used to evaluate the linguistic characteristics. Results: Only 7.9% of 531 PLs described imprints. 55 imprints were identified: 23 (41.8%) only formed by letters and 32 (58.2%) formed by letters, numbers or symbols. It was possible to identify 171 words. Conclusion: It seems, that the imprints were not systematically used as anti-counterfeiting measures. Experimental studies and the updating of the pharmaceutical regulation on the suitability and specificities of these imprints are recommended.John Wiley and SonsRepositório da Universidade de LisboaPires, CarlaVigário, MarinaCavaco, Afonso2017-01-04T10:11:53Z20162016-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/25687engPires, C., Vigário, M. and Cavaco, A. (2016), Evaluation of the type and structure of the imprints used on the surface of medicines. J Pharm Pract Res. doi:10.1002/jppr.117510.1002/jppr.1175info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:15:06Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/25687Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:42:25.204144Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Evaluation of the type and structure of the imprints used on the surface of medicines
spellingShingle Evaluation of the type and structure of the imprints used on the surface of medicines
Pires, Carla
Consumer product safety
Legislation as topic
Quality improvement
Production of products
Counterfeit drugs
title_short Evaluation of the type and structure of the imprints used on the surface of medicines
title_full Evaluation of the type and structure of the imprints used on the surface of medicines
title_fullStr Evaluation of the type and structure of the imprints used on the surface of medicines
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of the type and structure of the imprints used on the surface of medicines
title_sort Evaluation of the type and structure of the imprints used on the surface of medicines
author Pires, Carla
author_facet Pires, Carla
Vigário, Marina
Cavaco, Afonso
author_role author
author2 Vigário, Marina
Cavaco, Afonso
author2_role author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pires, Carla
Vigário, Marina
Cavaco, Afonso
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Consumer product safety
Legislation as topic
Quality improvement
Production of products
Counterfeit drugs
topic Consumer product safety
Legislation as topic
Quality improvement
Production of products
Counterfeit drugs
description Background: Drug imprints on the surfaces of medicines could be used as accessible and economic anti-counterfeiting measures. Aims: to identify and study the structure of different types of imprints, and discuss potential problems related to their structure/format. Method: 531 Portuguese package leaflets (PLs) were manually inspected to confirm and collect the description of the imprints. The number of letters, symbols or mixtures of both was quantified in each imprint. An electronic tool was used to evaluate the linguistic characteristics. Results: Only 7.9% of 531 PLs described imprints. 55 imprints were identified: 23 (41.8%) only formed by letters and 32 (58.2%) formed by letters, numbers or symbols. It was possible to identify 171 words. Conclusion: It seems, that the imprints were not systematically used as anti-counterfeiting measures. Experimental studies and the updating of the pharmaceutical regulation on the suitability and specificities of these imprints are recommended.
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