不开包装就能识别假药的新方法（转自丁香园，感谢译者gjb913）

New Method For Detecting Fake Drugs Without Opening The Package
不开包装就能识别假药的新方法
Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry News
主要类别：生物学/生物化学新闻
Article Date: 30 Jan 2007 - 2:00 PST
文章日期：2007年1月30号

With sale of counterfeit drugs causing major problems around the world, scientists in the United Kingdom are reporting development of a new way of identifying fake pills ad capsules without opening the product package. In a report scheduled for the March 1 issue of ACS' Analytical Chemistry, a semi-monthly journal, Pavel Matousek and Charlotte Eliasson describe the growing need for non-invasive verification of the authenticity of pharmaceutical products.
全世界由于假冒伪劣药的销售导致了很多问题，英国科学家报告了一项新的不开包装就能识别假药片、假胶囊方法的进展情况。据一份将发表在3月1号出版的半月刊《分析化学通讯》杂志上的报告， Pavel Matousek和Charlotte Eliasson描述了日益增长的对药品真伪进行非损失性检查的需求。

The report notes, for instance, that large quantities of counterfeit drugs have been withdrawn from the market in recent years in the United States and the U. K., with fake anti-malaria drugs causing a major crisis in eastern Asia. Verification can be difficult, the researchers explain, because medications must be analyzed without opening the product package. Once a drug package is open, the product usually cannot be marketed.
报告指出，近年来在美国和英国大量的伪劣药已经退出市场，而在东亚假的抗疟疾药品则引起了很大的问题。研究者解释说，由于需要不开包装检查，因此药物真伪鉴别比较困难。而一旦包装被破坏了，药物就不能上市销售了。

The investigators describe development of a new form of Raman spectroscopy, a mainstay tool for identifying molecules, which can probe deep layers of material that are well beyond the reach of conventional Raman spectroscopy. The method, spatially offset Raman spectroscopy, can analyze through paper packaging, plastic containers, capsule shells, and tablet coatings to verify the ingredients in a pharmaceutical product, the researchers state.
研究者介绍了一项新的喇曼光谱技术，这是用于检测的主要工具，该技术能探测到物质材料的深层，而普通光谱分析则已经达到了探测极限。研究者解释说，这种空间位移喇曼光谱能穿透纸质包装、塑料容器、胶囊壳及片剂包衣对药品原料成分进行分析。

ARTICLE #2
文章第二部分

"Noninvasive Authentication of Pharmaceutical Products through Packaging Using Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy"
“使用空间位移喇曼光谱对药品进行非损失性检测”

CONTACT:
Pavel Matousek, Ph.D.
CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK
来源：Pavel Matousek教授（英国委员会中心实验室理事会卢瑟福阿普尔顿实验室）
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ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- January 24, 2007
2007年1月24号美国化学协会新闻周刊

Reports selected from 35 major peer-reviewed journals and Chemical & Engineering News. With more than 160,000 members, ACS is the world's largest scientific society.
新闻周刊报道主要来源于35种常见的综述类期刊及化学化工新闻。美国化学协会是世界上最大的科学协会，有着160，000名会员。

The American Chemical Society - the world's largest scientific society - is a nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress and a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio.
美国化学协会是世界上最大的美国国会特许的非盈利性的科学协会，通过它多个数据库、综述类期刊以及科学会议为全球提供化学相关资讯服务。其主要部门在首都华盛顿以及俄亥俄州首府哥伦布。