Digital intervention to reduce counterfeit and falsified medicines: A systematic review and future research agenda

Islam, Iyolita; Islam, Muhammad Nazrul

doi:10.1016/j.jksuci.2022.02.022

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“…Literature reviews are generally the initial stage of any research work that provide published knowledge and reliable findings from relevant research on a specific topic [43] , [44] . Systematic Literature Reviews (SLR) offer a more comprehensive, well-organized summary that follows accepted practices and also outline, assess, and discover the research gaps of the published studies being unbiased in accordance with some study objectives and research questions [45] . From methodological perspective, the SLR in this study has been conducted in three phases following the approaches suggested by Kitchenham et al [46] , [47] and Tandon et al [48] .…”

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confidence: 99%

A systematic review and future research agenda on detection of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) with computer-aided techniques

Suha,

Islam

2023

Heliyon

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A systematic review and future research agenda on detection of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) with computer-aided techniques

Suha,

Islam

2023

Heliyon

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“…This would make it possible to maintain a permanent record of all transactions that will be accessible to all the parties involved and include details such as location, data, quality, and pricing. Implementation of blockchain technology in the supply chain will help to make it safe, transparent and decentralised, thus enabling savings in expenditure while ensuring the ability to tracking down doubtful areas and close any gaps in the supply chain of genuine drugs [ 44 , 45 ].…”

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Tackling Counterfeit Drugs: The Challenges and Possibilities

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Drugs that have been manufactured or packaged fraudulently are referred to as counterfeit/fake/spurious/falsified drugs because they either lack active ingredients or have the incorrect dosages. Counterfeiting of drugs has become a global issue with which the whole world is grappling. The World Health Organization states the frightening figure in which almost 10.5% of the medications worldwide are either subpar or fake. Although developing and low-income countries are the targets of the large-scale drug counterfeiting activities, fake/substandard drugs are also making their way into developed nations including the USA, Canada, and European countries. Counterfeiting of drugs is leading to not only economic loss but is also playing its part in the morbidity and mortality of patients. The recent COVID-19 pandemic fuelled the demand for certain categories of medicines such as antipyretics, remdesivir, corticosteroids, vaccines, etc., thus increasing the demand and manufacture of subpar/fake medicines. This review articulates the current trends and global impact of drug counterfeiting, current and potential measures for its prevention and the role of different stakeholders in tackling the menace of drug counterfeiting.

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“…In this case, a passive device (called a tag) would be assigned in the form of a small very economical label that costs just a few US cents ( Ramos et al, 2022 ). Each tag can carry a different identification number and can store different information such as the name of the drug, dosage, raw materials, efficacy, production date, expiration date and manufacturer ( Islam & Islam, 2022 ). The tag can be read remotely with an antenna and a receiver.…”

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A computer architecture based on disruptive information technologies for drug management in hospitals

Chalmeta

Ruíz

Soriano-Irigaray

2023

PeerJ Computer Science

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The drug management currently carried out in hospitals is inadequate due to several factors, such as processes carried out manually, the lack of visibility of the hospital supply chain, the lack of standardized identification of medicines, inefficient stock management, an inability to follow the traceability of medicines, and poor data exploitation. Disruptive information technologies could be used to develop and implement a drug management system in hospitals that is innovative in all its phases and allows these problems to be overcome. However, there are no examples in the literature that show how these technologies can be used and combined for efficient drug management in hospitals. To help solve this research gap in the literature, this article proposes a computer architecture for the whole drug management process in hospitals that uses and combines different disruptive computer technologies such as blockchain, radio frequency identification (RFID), quick response code (QR), Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence and big data, for data capture, data storage and data exploitation throughout the whole drug management process, from the moment the drug enters the hospital until it is dispensed and eliminated.

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Digital intervention to reduce counterfeit and falsified medicines: A systematic review and future research agenda

Cited by 12 publications

References 48 publications

A systematic review and future research agenda on detection of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) with computer-aided techniques

A systematic review and future research agenda on detection of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) with computer-aided techniques

Tackling Counterfeit Drugs: The Challenges and Possibilities

A computer architecture based on disruptive information technologies for drug management in hospitals

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