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. 2018 Jun 27;8(6):e021825. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021825

Table 2.

Manufacturers of commonly identified poor-quality medicines

Substandard medicines (manufacturers) Year
2005 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Phenoxymethylpenicillin N N N
Ciprofloxacin N N
Quinine E E
Prednisolone N N N N
Paracetamol M M
Diazepam N N N N
Aminophylline B B
Salbutamol N N N
Falsified medicines
(purported manufacturers)
Year
2005 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Quinine tablets B C B, C, D C, D, E B, C
Sulfamethoxypyrazine–pyrimethamine H H, B H, B K
Sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine E, I, J E C, J
Halofantrine hydrochloride A A
Artemether–lumefantrine F F
Dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine G G

Letter codes represent anonymised names of manufacturer or purported manufacturers.