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Zerstörungsfreie Identifikation gefälschter Arzneimittel im Blisterpack

Detlef Beckers¹, Uli Riedl¹, Harald Schweim², Dorith Stauch-Steffens², Klaus-Jürgen Steffens²

¹ PANalytical, Almelo (Niederlande)
² Pharmazeutisches Institut, Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn

Corresponding author: Prof. Dr. Klaus-Jürgen Steffens, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Pharmazeutisches Institut, Pharmazeutische Technologie, Gerhard-Domagk-Str. 3, 53121 Bonn (Germany), e-mail: steffens@uni-bonn.de

Identification of Counterfeit Drugs in Blisters without Damage

X-ray diffractometry allows to distinguish original medicaments from counterfeit products. The X-ray spectra are characteristic „fingerprints“ of tablets, capsules or powders and can be measured without a loss of information through the closed blister package.
Hence a fast and easy analysis can be performed even by nonqualified personnel without the risk of contact with possibly hazardous drugs like hormones or anticancer drugs.

Key words Arzneimittelfälschungen, Identifikation • Röntgendiffraktometrie