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. 

In July, Google promised to rid their platform of criminals selling pill presses. How’s it going?

January 15, 2026

As of the first week of January, we found several companies with multiple ads still running well past its self-imposed deadline. Google can do better, but will they?

FDA Alert: Supplements with undeclared drug ingredients

January 13, 2026

The FDA has posted notices for two nationwide dietary supplement recalls involving products found to contain undeclared pharmaceutical ingredients.

January 12, 2026: New York Department of State warned consumers after citing 87 of 223 inspected med spas

January 13, 2026

New York found widespread safety violations in med spas, and FDA inspectors cited a Texas distributor for violating the DSCSA.

Prescription Drug Freight Fraud Report, November 2025

January 13, 2026

Our analysis of data in September and October 2025 revealed that large-scale freight fraud involving GLP-1s, oncology drugs, and other high-demand pharmaceuticals continues unabated.

January 5, 2026: CBP Cincinnati intercepted $407,000 in illegally imported medical products, including contact lenses, injections, and oncology drugs

January 6, 2026

CBP reported seizing 450 shipments of illegally imported contact lenses and prescription medicines. Dozens of state AGs asked Meta to enforce policies against misleading weight loss products.

December 15, 2025: A Massachusetts man will plead to giving botulism-causing injections, says the U.S. Attorney’s Office

December 16, 2025

The med spa owner admitted to using unapproved injectables that sickened at least 10 patients. New York authorities announced the results of a 2024 crackdown on illegal med spas. PSM published in The Journal of Illicit Trade, Financial Crime, and Compliance.

PSM urges the House Energy & Commerce Committee to support the SAFE Drugs Act of 2025

December 10, 2025

PSM wrote the House Energy & Commerce Committee in support of the Safeguarding Americans from Fraudulent and Experimental (SAFE) Drugs Act, to help protect the American drug supply from unsafely compounded medication.

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