Routine hospital analyzers can be used as a low-cost method to screen for falsified vaccines, offering a globally accessible tool to help identify suspect medical products in supply chains. doi.org/hbpt7w

Congratulations to Professor Nicole Zitzmann, Dr Bevin Gangadharan and Dr Yohan Arman on their work developing a low-cost rapid test to identify heat-damaged vaccines. Their work could protect vaccine effectiveness, particularly in low-resource settings. 🏅Read more ⬇️

Rapid test to identify heat-damaged vaccines Researchers from Medicine Quality Research Group & collaborators developed a method to identify heat-exposed vaccines without sophisticated lab equipment @iddonews.bsky.social @moru-mip.bsky.social Read 👉 www.tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-...

🚨 Oxford-led researchers have developed a rapid, low-cost test to detect heat-damaged #vaccines—no specialist lab equipment required. @celinecaillet.bsky.social @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk @bevingan.bsky.social @kavlioxford.bsky.social @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social www.iddo.org/news/oxford-...

📢New paper alert! Rapid, low-cost tests repurposed by researchers can now detect deadly contaminants in medicinal syrups that could help prevent the tragic child deaths seen worldwide @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social @kavlioxford.bsky.social @bevingan.bsky.social 👉

Low-cost, rapid tests like alcohol test strips & breathalysers can detect toxic contaminants in medicinal syrups @iddonews.bsky.social With over 300 child deaths worldwide linked to syrup contamination, these simple tools could save lives. Read more 👉 www.tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk/news/rapid-l...

Simple, rapid and inexpensive tests can detect deadly contaminants in medicinal syrups – contaminants that have tragically led to the deaths of hundreds of children worldwide. This important discovery is thanks to the work of researchers here @ox.ac.uk and collaborators. ➡️ bit.ly/202512_gangadharan

An innovative method to identify falsified vaccines without opening the vaccine vial has been published in npj vaccines part of @nature

A new method can identify fake COVID-19 vaccines by analyzing the vial label and adhesive, allowing detection without opening the vial, aiding in maintaining vaccine integrity in supply chains. doi.org/g83m8v

Identifying falsified COVID-19 vaccines by analysing vaccine vial label and excipient profiles using MALDI-ToF mass spectrometry #NPJVaccines www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Researchers from the Medicine Quality Research Group @moru-mip.bsky.social @iddonews.bsky.social have published an innovative method to identify #FalsifiedVaccines without opening the vaccine vial! Read more 👉 www.tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk/news/identif...