The Global Pandemic of Falsified Medicines: Laboratory and Field Innovations and Policy Perspectives NAYYAR AND OTHERS SUMMARY The Global Pandemic of Falsified Medicines: Laboratory and Field Innovations and Policy Perspectives: Summary

This supplement to the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, entitled “The pandemic of falsified medicines: laboratory and field innovations and policy perspectives,” showcases 17 articles on detection technologies and methods, field surveillance data, multisectorial perspectives, and policy interventions and recommendations needed to create a coordinated and effective response to curb the pandemic of poor-quality medicines. The goal of this special issue is to alert scientists, public health authorities, and decision makers to the problem of poor-quality drugs and to take prompt actions to mitigate and resolve the growing peril.