title: Pharmaceutical quality of ceftriaxone generic drug products compared with Rocephin.
abstract: The pharmaceutical qualities of 34 ceftriaxone generic products were compared with Rocephin as the reference standard. Quality standards specified in the European and US Pharmacopoeias were violated on 18 occasions, including those for sterility (4 products) and impurities (5 products). All 34 generics tested failed to meet Roche specifications for Rocephin, with 100 contraventions of the Roche Pharmaceutical standards. The most common failures amongst generic drug products were clarity of solution (30 products) and presence of thiotriazinone (33 products).
authors.affiliation: Aston Pharmacy School, Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK. P.A.Lambert@aston.ac.uk
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Conway
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000592:standards*; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000592:standards*; D004340:Drug Contamination; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000592:standards*; D016568:Drugs, Generic / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011786:Quality Control
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D016568:Drugs, Generic; D002443:Ceftriaxone