National Control Laboratories in quality healthcare-a roadblock for substandard biopharmaceuticals.
Biopharmaceuticals
National Control Laboratories
National Regulatory Authority
Not of Standard Quality
Quality evaluation
Substandard drugs
Journal
Biologicals : journal of the International Association of Biological Standardization
ISSN: 1095-8320
Titre abrégé: Biologicals
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9004494
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2022
Apr 2022
Historique:
received:
07
09
2021
revised:
02
12
2021
accepted:
15
02
2022
pubmed:
1
3
2022
medline:
11
5
2022
entrez:
28
2
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Substandard or spurious drugs are a global problem with respect to Health and Economic burden. The impact is higher when medicines are from the category of life-saving drugs, essential medicines or high cost targeted medical treatment. Biopharmaceuticals are one such class of drugs where Quality testing plays a pivotal role to stop substandard drugs from reaching the patient. This study of 17,451 samples has highlighted the trend of occurrence of substandard biologicals (2.34%) over a decade (2011-2021) and the importance of continuous and complete evaluation of such Biopharmaceuticals. More such National Control Laboratories (NCL) should be involved in cross-checking the quality of the increasing number of biopharmaceuticals present in the market which are released only on the basis of the onsite inspection and dossier reviews. This will help the Regulators to ensure the readiness for testing the newer biologicals, devise effective policies for better health care initiatives and keep the substandard biopharmaceuticals at bay.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35221225
pii: S1045-1056(22)00016-1
doi: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2022.02.002
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Biological Products
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
42-45Informations de copyright
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