Overwhelming demand for transformative GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic and Mounjaro has led to widespread compounding and a boom in counterfeiting.

Is it safe or cost-effective to import medicine from Canada's or other countries' drug supplies?

 

August 21 is National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day and this year the counterfeit pill crisis is a decade old. 

State Prescription Drug Affordability Boards intend to control medicine costs — but some of their strategies will have unintended consequences.

After two decades of tracking counterfeit drugs, PSM is an expert on medicine safety issues and we often offer journalists our insight and perspective. 

August 18, 2025: PSM, ADAP ask New York’s Board of Pharmacy to act in alleged fake medicine case

August 18, 2025

On August 7, the Partnership for Safe Medicines and ADAP Advocacy Association filed a complaint asking the New York State Board of Pharmacy to take regulatory action against a pharmacy that allegedly sold counterfeit HIV medicine to a Queens, New York patient.

Public health groups raise alarm about fake HIV medicines in New York

August 12, 2025

PSM and ADAP Advocacy Association filed an official complaint with the State of New York regarding allegations that City Plus Care Pharmacy Inc. dispensed counterfeit HIV medication to a patient in Queens, New York.

August 11, 2025: The FDA voices concern about sites that supply compounding ingredients

August 11, 2025

Statistics in the agency’s Report on the State of Pharmaceutical Quality show that active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) sites that solely supply compounding pharmacies are disproportionately high risk.

PSM signs letter of support for changes to Mississippi’s compounding pharmacy guidelines

August 8, 2025

The proposed updates aim to help address safety concerns created by pharmacies reselling compounded sterile drugs purchased from outsourcing facilities.

August 4, 2025: Pennsylvania pharmacy owner indicted and 14 licenses revoked in Ohio

August 4, 2025

The Pennsylvania Attorney General filed charges against a pharmacy owner and the Ohio Board of Pharmacy revoked licenses to protect patients.

July 28, 2025: Suspicious shipments of API continue to be sent to buyers in the U.S.

July 28, 2025

The newest Fishy Freight report continued to find suspect API shipped into the U.S. while a report from the United Nations’ Office of Drug Crime highlighted the dangers of contaminated and counterfeit medicines made with diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol.

Prescription Drug Freight Fraud Report, July 2025

July 25, 2025

What if your tirzepatide shipment came from a Brazilian beauty clinic? Or a vial of semaglutide was manufactured, supposedly, at a Costco in Toronto? In April and May 2025, dozens of shipments of semaglutide, tirzepatide, apixaban, and antibiotics entered the U.S. from facilities that aren’t in the FDA’s drug manufacturing database. These aren’t low-volume personal-use…

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