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Table 1 Testing results for Coartem/Riamet by expiry date for Raman spectrometry, TLC and disintegration

From: Physical and chemical stability of expired fixed dose combination artemether-lumefantrine in uncontrolled tropical conditions

Expiry Date

Number of Samples

July 2008 Test Resultsa

February 2009 Test Resultsa

Number of Months Past Expiry Date

TLC

Disintegration

Raman

Number of Months Past Expiry Date

Raman

June 2008

7

1

7/7

7/7

7/7

8

7/7

May 2008

39

2

39/39

39/39

39/39

9

39/39

February 2008

4

5

4/4

4/4

4/4

12

4/4

August 2007

7

11

7/7

7/7

7/7

18

7/7

May 2007

2

14

2/2

2/2

1/2

21

1/2

November 2006

3

20

3/3

3/3

3/3

27

3/3

October 2005

5

33

5/5

5/5

5/5

40

5/5

September 2003

1

58

1/1

0/1

1/1

65

0/1

Total

  

68/68

67/68

67/68

 

66/68

  1. a. Results are total number of samples that passed testing/total samples tested.