Publications
Below is a list of Medicine Quality publications published in scientific journals by IDDO and WWARN and our research partners. If you cannot find a publication, please view our list of publications for all research themes or email info@iddo.org
Pneumococcal density and respiratory co-detection in severe pediatric pneumonia in Laos
Dubot-Pérès, A., Lee, S., Dance, D., Satzke, C., Moore, K., Pell, C., Ortika, B., Nation, M., Dunne, E., Vilivong, K., Bounkhoun, T., Phommachan, S., Lim, R., Lai, J., Morpeth, M., Mayxay, M., de Lamballerie, X., Newton, P., & Russell, F. (2025). Scientific Reports, 15(1).
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.
Forensic investigation of falsified antimalarials using isotope ratio mass spectrometry: a pilot investigation
Newton, P., Chesson, L., Mayxay, M., Dondorp, A., Tabernero, P., Howa, J., & Cerling, T. (2024). Scientific Reports, 14(1).
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.
Within-host modelling of primaquine-induced haemolysis in hemizygote glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient healthy volunteers
Watson, J., Mehdipour, P., Moss, R., Jittamala, P., Zaloumis, S., Price, D., Dini, S., Hanboonkunupakarn, B., Leungsinsiri, P., Poovorawan, K., Chotivanich, K., Bancone, G., Commons, R., Day, N., Pukrittayakamee, S., Taylor, W., White, N., & Simpson, J. (2024). In medRxiv.
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).
Medical Products Quality and Public Health
Newton, P., & Caillet, C. (2023). In Manson’s Tropical Diseases, Fourth Edition (pp. 43-48).
The epidemiology of substandard and falsified vaccines and innovation for their detection in supply chains
Newton, P. (2023). TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, 28, 79-79.
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.
Trade in substandard and falsified medicines
Hagen, N., Hauk, C., & Heide, L. (2022). In D. Brombacher, G. Maihold, M. Müller, & J. Vorrath (Eds.), Geopolitics of the Illicit: Linking the Global South and Europe (pp. 191-215). Nomos.
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).
An open-source smartphone app for the quantitative evaluation of thin-layer chromatographic analyses in medicine quality screening
Hauk, C., Boss, M., Gabel, J., Schäfermann, S., Lensch, H., & Heide, L. (2022). Scientific Reports, 12.
A random survey of the prevalence of falsified and substandard antibiotics in the Lao PDR
Tabernero, P., Swamidoss, I., Mayxay, M., Khanthavong, M., Phonlavong, C., Vilayhong, C., Sichanh, C., Sengaloundeth, S., Green, M., & Newton, P. (2022). Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 77(6), 1770-1778.
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).
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).
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).
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.
Identification of substandard and falsified medicines: influence of different tolerance limits and use of authenticity inquiries
Hauk, C., Hagen, N., & Heide, L. (2021). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 104(5), 1936-1945.
Quality assurance systems of pharmaceutical distributors in low-income and middle-income countries: weaknesses and ways forward
Nebot Giralt, A., Bourasseau, A., White, G., Pouget, C., Tabernero, P., Van Assche, K., & Ravinetto, R. (2020). BMJ Global Health, 5(10).
Substandard and Falsified Antibiotics and Medicines against Noncommunicable Diseases in Western Cameroon and Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Schäfermann, S., Hauk, C., Wemakor, E., Neci, R., Mutombo, G., Ngah Ndze, E., Cletus, T., Nyaah, F., Pattinora, M., Wistuba, D., Helmle, I., Häfele-Abah, C., Gross, H., & Heide, L. (2020). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 103(2), 894-908.
Global access to quality-assured medical products: the Oxford Statement and call to action
Newton, P., & Bond, K. (2019). Lancet Global Health, 7(12), e1609 - e1611.