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Researchers have found pentobarbital in counterfeit prescription pills. Plus, domestic and international news, and what our executive director is reading this week.
This is a reprint of an FDA Alert. Boulla LLC Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Boom Max Capsules Due to the Potential Presence of Undeclared Sildenafil When a company announces a recall, market withdrawal, or safety alert, the FDA posts the company’s announcement as a public service. FDA does not endorse either the product or…
A whistleblower complaint alleges that counterfeit and misbranded diabetes medical devices were being sold by third-party vendor on Amazon and orders were fulfilled by Amazon.com itself.
A new lawsuit says that another ring has been selling counterfeit HIV medicine in the U.S. Eli Lilly is taking action against compounders selling tirzepatide. More domestic and international news.
A New York couple admitted to selling sildenafil in supplements they claimed were “all-natural.” Ethiopian researchers say that one-fifth of medicines in African are fake or substandard. Additional news in Canada, the U.K, Thailand and Kurdistan.
A white paper examines how to detect and respond to substandard and fake medicine. A small study shows why buying semaglutide on line is dangerous. Police in Ukraine busted a counterfeit medicine drug ring. These stories and more in this week’s news.
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