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Table 3 Authenticity investigation and legitimacy verification results of the collected samples

From: Patient safety and public health concerns: poor dissolution rate of pioglitazone tablets obtained from China, Myanmar and internet sites

Category

Replies/total number

Reply on samples/number of samples

Authentic, %

Yes

No

Unknowna

China

 Manufacturer

1/9

9/35

25.7%

–

74.3%

 NRA of the manufacturing country

1/2

9/35

25.7%

–

74.3%

Personal import samples

 Manufacturer

1/11

28/59

47.5%

–

52.5%

 NRA of the manufacturing country

5/7

37/59

62.7%

–

37.3%

Myanmar

 Manufacturer

2/6

9/60

15.0%%

–

85.0%

 NRA of the manufacturing country

1/4

1/60

1.7%

–

98.3%

  1. aIt was not possible to check if the samples were genuine or the manufacturers were legitimate