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Published online 26 January 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070122-11
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Targeting fake drugs
Chemists develop method for spotting counterfeit pharmaceuticals.
Pharmaceutical fraudsters have had an easy ride for years — counterfeit drugs are notoriously difficult to detect through all the layers of packaging. But a new tweak to an old stalwart of analytical chemistry could change all that.
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