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Researchers hunt down fake drug

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Unprecedented pursuit of drug counterfeiters nabs distributors of fake malaria drugs.

In the ongoing fight against dangerous counterfeit pharmaceuticals, one partial success story is highlighted in PLoS Medicine this week1. The report showcases how an international collaboration among researchers and law-enforcement officials led to the arrest of distributors in a counterfeit drug ring in China.

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  1. Newton, P. N. et al. PLoS Med. 5, e32 doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050032 (2008).

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  2. Newton, P. N., Green, M. D., Fernández, F. M., Day, N. P. J. & White, N. J. Lancet Infect. Dis. 6, 602-613 (2006).

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