s Retracted: Analytical Method Development and Validation for Determination of Assay of Antibacterial Drugs Besifloxacin Hydrochloride and Phenoxyethanol in Gel Formulation

The article entitled “Analytical Method Development and Validation for Determination of Assay of Antibacterial Drugs Besifloxacin Hydrochloride and Phenoxyethanol in Gel Formulation”, by Pradeep Kundu, Neelam Pawar, Neha Minocha and Asha Poonia, published in Anti-Infective Agents 2023; 21(4): e310323215342. https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2211352521666230331111623. The corresponding author of this article submitted it simultaneously to the "journal Biochemistry & Analytical Biochemistry" of Walsh Medical Media publishers and to the journal of "Anti-Infective Agents" of Bentham Science Publishers. Therefore, the article has been retracted due to the unethical practice of the author and during plagiarism checking with a previously published article titled: Analytical Method Development and Validation for the Determination of Assay of Antibacterial Drugs Besifloxacin Hydrochloride and Phenoxyethanol in Gel Formulation. Biochem Anal Biochem. 11:426. doi: 10.35248/2161-1009.22.11.426 The authors were informed of this submission and were suggested to give justification on the matter in their defense. Instead of sending justification, the corresponding author Dr. Neelam Pawar suggested Bentham Science Publishers to retract this article. Bentham Science apologizes to the readers of the journal for any inconvenience this may have caused. The Editorial Policy of Bentham Science Publishers on Article Retraction can be found at the link https://benthamscience.com/editorial-policies-main.php. BENTHAM SCIENCE DISCLAIMER: It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to this journal have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. Furthermore, any data, illustration, structure or table that has been published elsewhere must be reported, and copyright permission for reproduction must be obtained. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden, and by submitting the article for publication, the authors agree that the publishers have the legal right to take appropriate action against the authors if plagiarism or fabricated information is discovered. By submitting a manuscript, the authors agree that the copyright of their article is transferred to the publishers if and when the article is accepted for publication.