Economic cost of substandard and falsified human medicines and cosmetics with banned ingredients in Tanzania from 2005 to 2015: a retrospective review of data from the regulatory authority.

Objective: To estimate the economic cost of substandard and falsified human medicines and cosmetics with banned ingredients in Tanzania from 2005 to 2015.

Design: A retrospective review of data.

Setting: Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority and premises dealing with importations and distributions of pharmaceuticals.