Researchers identify and shut down makers of fake anti-malarial medications

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Facundo Fernandez an assistant professor in Georgia Techs School of Chemistry and Biochemistry was part of an international effort to halt the production of counterfeit anti-malarial drugs. Georgia Tech Photo: Gary Meek
Facundo Fernandez, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was part of an international effort to halt the production of counterfeit anti-malarial drugs. Georgia Tech Photo: Gary Meek

Georgia Institute of Technology researchers were part of a three-continent, multi-organizational effort known as “Operation Jupiter” that successfully identified and shut down manufacturers who were flooding Southeast Asia with counterfeit – and ineffective – anti-malarial drugs.


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