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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This survey received financial support from the Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA). We sincerely acknowledge the cooperation received from the Department of Drugs and Food, Ministry of Health, Cambodia. We are grateful to the Medicine Regulatory Authorities of the manufacturing countries and all of the manufacturers of the samples for their generous cooperation. Additionally, MHK thanks Mr. Ismail Md. Mofizur Rahman for his valuable suggestions and cooperation in preparing this manuscript.

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  1. Department of Drug Management and Policy, Institute of Medical Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa City, Japan, 920-1192

    Mohiuddin Hussain Khan, Junko Okumura, Hiroto Nagai, Masatoshi Taga, Naoko Yoshida, Manabu Akazawa & Kazuko Kimura

  2. Department of International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

    Junko Okumura

  3. National Health Product Quality Control Center, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

    Tey Sovannarith & Nam Nivanna

  4. Komatsu Kaiei Pharmacy, Komatsu, Japan

    Hiroto Nagai

  5. Kanazawa University Medical Hospital, Kanazawa City, Japan

    Masatoshi Taga

  6. Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan

    Manabu Akazawa

  7. Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto, Japan

    Tsuyoshi Tanimoto

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Khan, M.H., Okumura, J., Sovannarith, T. et al. Counterfeit Medicines in Cambodia—Possible Causes. Pharm Res 28, 484–489 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-010-0289-1

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