Research Article

Comprehensive Study of a Handheld Raman Spectrometer for the Analysis of Counterfeits of Solid-Dosage Form Medicines

Table 2

Second validation results obtained with the challenging samples. The number of samples measured for each product has been added. The maximum values (pVal) obtained for each counterfeit are presented in the table together with the corresponding pass/fail result.

Sample setCounterfeited productNumber of samplespVal maxIdentification against the corresponding method

CounterfeitsProduct 2720.0000Fail
Product 660.0000Fail
Product 2830.0000Fail
Product 2610.0000Fail
Product 1950.0001Fail
Product 23100.0000Fail
Product 2570.0000Fail
Product 32100.0003Fail

PlacebosProduct 410.0000Fail
Product 3210.0040Fail
Product 2610.5257Pass

GenericsProduct 2010.4937Pass
Product 25 batch 120.0224Fail
Product 25 batch 230.6326Pass
Product 32 batch 110.0042Fail
Product 32 batch 240.1548Pass
Product 520.0110Fail
Product 3310.1295Pass