Publications
Medicine Quality Publications
Pharmabiome analyses in tandem with chemometrics can help trace the provenance of falsified medicines: A proof-of-concept study
Perez-Mon, C., Roncone, A., Abrahim, A., Islam, M., Hauk, C., Caillet, C., Merchant, H., Farzand, R., Bontempo, L., Kelly, S., Blessborn, D., Tarning, J., Kline, R., Nicheva, V., Kurian, D., Newton, P., & Ogden, R. (2026). Forensic Science International Genetics, 81, 103392.
The spatiotemporal distribution of substandard and falsified antimalarial medicines in Africa, 1996-2019
Adipo, L., Mendes, J., Thi, N., Van Assche, K., Moraga, P., Nanyonga, S., Stoesser, N., Dolecek, C., Newton, P., Cooper, B., Caillet, C., & Cavany, S. (2025). In medRxiv.
Rapid screening of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol in raw materials and medicinal syrups using low-cost field deployable assays
Arman, B., Legge, I., Walsby-Tickle, J., Bharucha, T., Gabel, J., Gnegel, G., Deats, M., Banerjee, S., Stokes, R., Matousek, P., McCullagh, J., Caillet, C., Newton, P., Zitzmann, N., & Gangadharan, B. (2025). Scientific Reports.
Ensuring vaccine cold chain integrity: A rapid and low-cost test for identifying heat-exposed sucrose-containing vaccines
Arman, B., Magri, A., Barbaglia, M., Petherbridge, L., Brook, J., Bharucha, T., Legge, I., Walsby-Tickle, J., Deats, M., Banerjee, S., Mosca, S., Jena, R., Ranade, D., Chunekar, S., Patil, K., Gairola, S., Merchant, H., Stokes, R., Kuwana, R., … Gangadharan, B. (2025). International Journal of Pharmaceutics: X, 100467-100467.
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
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).
The Public Health Issue of Falsified and Substandard Medicines in Resource-Limited Settings
Caillet, C., & Newton, P. (2025). In Special Issues in Pharmacovigilance in Resource-Limited Countries (pp. 145-178). Springer Nature.
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).
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).
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.
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).
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).
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).
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).