Bitter Pills: A Seminar by Dr. Zaman
This week Dr. Zaman held a seminar at the BU African Studies Center on one of his main areas of research, compromised drug supplies in Africa. Quality control of drugs in developing countries is a growing problem, one that can stem from deliberate counterfeiting of drugs. More commonly, though, the quality of drugs declines due to poor management in the supply chain. Without consistent regulation of the transportation and storage process, it’s often impossible to trust the purity of drugs once they’re delivered to the patient. Dr. Zaman has dedicated much of his time to the development of PharmaCheck, a platform for drug efficacy testing. You can read more about PharmaCheck on BU’s biomedical engineering page or here, on the site for Dr. Zaman’s Lab for Engineering Education and Development.
