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Dr
Céline
Caillet
Co-Head of Medicine Quality Research Group
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Medicine quality
Dr Céline Caillet joined IDDO as Scientific Coordinator of the Medicine Quality Research Group in 2015. She was appointed Research Scientist in 2016 and promoted to Deputy Head of the Research Group in 2020.
Céline is a pharmacist and former resident of the Hospital of Toulouse. She has taken part in several research projects on drug safety at the Center of Pharmacovigilance, Laboratory of Medical and Clinical Pharmacology of Toulouse, France. Following her MSc in Epidemiology and Public Health in Bordeaux, France, Céline completed her PhD in drug safety in Laos. During her PhD, Céline also taught pharmacology in the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Health Sciences, Vientiane.
She is particularly interested in the epidemiology of substandard and falsified medicines and testing the performances of screening technologies for early detection of substandard and falsified medicines.
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Handheld spatially offset raman spectroscopy for rapid non-invasive detection of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol in medicinal syrups
Banerjee, S., Mosca, S., Legge, I., Gangadharan, B., Walsby-tickle, J., Arman, B., Stokes, R., Bharucha, T., Deats, M., Merchant, H., McCullagh, J., Zitzmann, N., Caillet, C., Newton, P., & Matousek, P. (2025). Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 265.
Hide and seek with falsified medicines: Current challenges and physico-chemical and biological approaches for tracing the origin of trafficked products.
Perez-Mon, C., Hauk, C., Roncone, A., Bontempo, L., Kelly, S., Caillet, C., Deats, M., Ogden, R., & Newton, P. (2025). Forensic Science International, 370, 112474.
Identifying falsified COVID-19 vaccines by analysing vaccine vial label and excipient profiles using MALDI-ToF mass spectrometry
Arman, B., Clarke, R., Bharucha, T., Fernandez, L., Walsby-Tickle, J., Deats, M., Mosca, S., Lin, Q., Banerjee, S., Chunekar, S., Patil, K., Gairola, S., Dunachie, S., Merchant, H., Stokes, R., Kuwana, R., Maes, A., Charrier, J.-P., Probert, F., … Gangadharan, B. (2025). Npj Vaccines, 10(1).
Using matrix assisted laser desorption ionisation mass spectrometry combined with machine learning for vaccine authenticity screening
Clarke, R., Bharucha, T., Arman, Y., Gangadharan, B., Gomez Fernandez, L., Mosca, S., Lin, Q., Van Assche, K., Stokes, R., Dunachie, S., Deats, M., Merchant, H., Caillet, C., Walsby-tickle, J., Probert, F., Matousek, P., Newton, P., Zitzmann, N., & McCullagh, J. (2024). Npj Vaccines, 9(1).
Stable isotope ratio analysis: an emerging tool to trace the origin of falsified medicines
Roncone, A., Kelly, S., Giannioti, Z., Hauk, C., Caillet, C., Newton, P., Perez-Mon, C., & Bontempo, L. (2024). Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 174.
Repurposing rapid diagnostic tests to detect falsified vaccines in supply chains
Bharucha, T., Gangadharan, B., Clarke, R., Gomez Fernandez, L., Yohan Arman, B., Walsby-tickle, J., Deats, M., Mosca, S., Lin, Q., Stokes, R., Dunachie, S., Merchant, H., Dubot-Peres, A., Caillet, C., McCullagh, J., Matousek, P., Zitzmann, N., & Newton, P. (2024). Vaccine.
6 Medical Products Quality and Public Health
Newton, P., & Caillet, C. (2024). In Manson’s Tropical Diseases (pp. 43-48). Elsevier.
Innovative method for rapid detection of falsified COVID-19 vaccines through unopened vials using handheld Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy (SORS)
Mosca, S., Lin, Q., Stokes, R., Bharucha, T., Gangadharan, B., Clarke, R., Gomez Fernandez, L., Deats, M., Walsby-tickle, J., Yohan Arman, B., Chunekar, S., Patil, K., Gairola, S., Van Assche, K., Dunachie, S., Merchant, H., Kuwana, R., Maes, A., McCullagh, J., … Matousek, P. (2023). Vaccine, 41(47), 6960-6968.
The uncertain role of substandard and falsified medicines in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance
Cavany, S., Nanyonga, S., Hauk, C., Lim, C., Tarning, J., Sartorius, B., Dolecek, C., Caillet, C., Newton, P., & Cooper, B. (2023). Nature Communications, 14(1).
Is this pill an antibiotic or a painkiller? Improving the identification of oral antibiotics for better use
Monnier, A., Do, N., Asante, K., Afari-Asiedu, S., Khan, W., Munguambe, K., Sevene, E., Tran, T., Nguyen, C., Punpuing, S., Gómez-Olivé, F., van Doorn, H., Caillet, C., Newton, P., Ariana, P., & Wertheim, H. (2023). Lancet Global Health, 11(8), e1308 - e1313.
The quality of antiretroviral medicines: an uncertain problem
Do, N., Boupha, P., Newton, P., & Caillet, C. (2023). BMJ Global Health, 8(3).
Medical Products Quality and Public Health
Newton, P., & Caillet, C. (2023). In Manson’s Tropical Diseases, Fourth Edition (pp. 43-48).
Environmental DNA as an innovative technique to identify the origins of falsified antimalarial tablets-a pilot study of the pharmabiome
Young, J., Liddicoat, C., van Dijk, K.-J., Tabernero, P., Caillet, C., White, N., Linacre, A., Austin, J., & Newton, P. (2022). Scientific Reports, 12(1), 21997.
Substandard and falsified antibiotics: neglected drivers of antimicrobial resistance?
Zabala, G., Bellingham, K., Vidhamaly, V., Boupha, P., Boutsamay, K., Newton, P., & Caillet, C. (2022). BMJ Global Health, 7(8).
The quality of veterinary medicines and their implications for One Health
Vidhamaly, V., Bellingham, K., Newton, P., & Caillet, C. (2022). BMJ Global Health, 7(8).
Laboratory evaluation of twelve portable devices for medicine quality screening
Zambrzycki, S., Caillet, C., Vickers, S., Bouza, M., Donndelinger, D., Geben, L., Bernier, M., Newton, P., & Fernández, F. (2021). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(9).
Evaluation of portable devices for medicine quality screening: Lessons learnt, recommendations for implementation, and future priorities
Caillet, C., Vickers, S., Vidhamaly, V., Boutsamay, K., Boupha, P., Zambrzycki, S., Luangasanatip, N., Lubell, Y., Fernández, F., & Newton, P. (2021). PLoS Medicine, 18(9).
Implementation of field detection devices for antimalarial quality screening in Lao PDR-A cost-effectiveness analysis
Luangasanatip, N., Khonputsa, P., Caillet, C., Vickers, S., Zambrzycki, S., Fernández, F., Newton, P., & Lubell, Y. (2021). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(9).
Multiphase evaluation of portable medicines quality screening devices
Caillet, C., Vickers, S., Zambrzycki, S., Luangasanatip, N., Vidhamaly, V., Boutsamay, K., Boupha, P., Lubell, Y., Fernández, F., & Newton, P. (2021). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(9).
A comparative field evaluation of six medicine quality screening devices in Laos
Caillet, C., Vickers, S., Zambrzycki, S., Fernández, F., Vidhamaly, V., Boutsamay, K., Boupha, P., Peerawaranun, P., Mukaka, M., & Newton, P. (2021). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(9).
The quality of medical products for cardiovascular diseases: a gap in global cardiac care
Do, N., Bellingham, K., Newton, P., & Caillet, C. (2021). BMJ Global Health, 6(9).
Preprints in times of COVID19: the time is ripe for agreeing on terminology and good practices
Ravinetto, R., Caillet, C., Zaman, M., Singh, J., Guerin, P., Ahmad, A., Durán, C., Jesani, A., Palmero, A., Merson, L., Horby, P., Bottieau, E., Hoffmann, T., & Newton, P. (2021). BMC Medical Ethics, 22.
Sounding out falsified medicines from genuine medicines using Broadband Acoustic Resonance Dissolution Spectroscopy (BARDS)
Alfarsi, A., Caillet, C., Fawbert, G., Lawrence, S., Krüse, J., McSweeney, S., O’Mahony, M., Dondorp, A., Newton, P., & Fitzpatrick, D. (2021). Scientific Reports, 11.
Quality of medical products for diabetes management: a systematic review
Saraswati, K., Sichanh, C., Newton, P., & Caillet, C. (2019). BMJ Global Health, 4(5).
PORTABLE SCREENING DEVICES TO ASSESS MEDICINES QUALITY FOR NATIONAL MEDICINES REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
Caillet, C., & Newton, P. (2019). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 101, 433-434.