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News Release from: Bruker Optics | Subject: FT-NIR spectrometers
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 April 2006
Bruker Optics fights counterfeit drugs
in China
The State Food and Drug Administration in China has ordered a large number of analysers to be used in the detection of fake and substandard drugs
Bruker Optics announces that it has finalised an agreement with the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) and 28 regional Food and Drug Administration offices in the People's Republic of China, for the purchase and delivery of over 300 FT-NIR spectrometers Bruker Optics instruments are to be integrated into a large fleet of mobile laboratory vehicles, which will be deployed across China for the rapid screening of pharmaceutical products
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 16 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The United States Food and Drug Administration estimates that counterfeit drugs make up more than 10% of the global medicines market, and other reports indicate that millions of Chinese are hospitalised due to counterfeit drug usage each year.
The SFDA project is the largest of its kind in the world, and has been led by the National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products of China (NICPBP).
Although full financial terms are not disclosed, Bruker Optics Chief Financial Officer Rolf Lang stated that the project, which includes hardware, method development and support services, is valued at over 15 Million USD, making it the largest single order in the company history.
Dr Qian Wang, Vice President of Bruker Optics, said: "We are very pleased to know that our technology and expertise in molecular spectroscopy can play a supporting role in China's effort to crack down on the counterfeit drugs problem.
We are committed to a long-term relationship with the Chinese government, and are pleased to be able to assist the SFDA with its needs.".
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