Table 3

Comparison between national reference laboratories and CENQAM Reference laboratory regarding the quality screening of AM drugs


CENQAM % fulfilling the USP content criteria
Sana'a DQCL % fulfilling the USP content criteria
P1-value
Aden DQCL % fulfilling the USP content criteria
P2-value
P3-value

CQS Assay
93.3 (14/15)
100 (15/15)
1
100 (15/15)
1
1
CQT Assay
80 (20/25)
92 (23/25)
0.41
84 (21/25)
1
0.66
CQT dissolution
92 (23/25)
100 (25/25)
0.47
96 (24/25)
1
1
SP Assay
100 (10/10)
100 (10/10)
1
100 (10/10)
0
1
SPT dissolution
20 (2/10)
100 (10/10)
0.005*
100 (10/10)
0.005*
1

P1: p-value of Chi-Square test for comparing the proportion of tested products fulfilling the USP content criteria in CENQAM versus Sana'a reference laboratory.

P2: p-value of Chi-Square test for comparing the proportion of tested products fulfilling the USP content criteria in CENQAM versus Aden reference laboratory.

P3: p-value of Chi-Square test for comparing the proportion of tested products fulfilling the USP content criteria in Sana'a versus Aden reference laboratory.

Abdo-Rabbo et al. Malaria Journal 2005 4:28   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-4-28