Research Article

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

Table 3

Overview of the results obtained for the validation and the tests of the second validation. () In these tests, “fail” is actually the expected answer, since these products should not be identified by the method.

Step of the method developmentSample setResults of the identification

ValidationValidation with positive samples
(e.g., product 1 tested on the method of product 1)
100% pass
Validation against all other products
(e.g., product 1 tested on the method of product 2)
100% fail

Second validationCounterfeits100% fail
Placebos67% fail
Generics35% fail