PSM's Briefing for the 118th Congress
Washington D.C.
February 28, 2023, 8:00 – 10:00am
The program will include breakfast,
a keynote by U.S. Senator Rick Scott, and
panels: Impediments to Foreign Drug Importation | Social Media & Counterfeit Pills.
This event is open to the public.
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Learn about Canadian drug importation; about Federal or state implementation in Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, or Vermont; or check the progress of bills in state legislatures.
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This week: Investigators found pharmacies selling fentanyl and meth pills disguised as real medicine. A grand jury indicted “healing magnet” sellers. Regulators addressed fake Mpox treatments and a questionable pharmacy. CBP seized tramadol. More families joined a lawsuit against Snapchat. Additional news involving fake pills in17 states.
A Salt Lake City physician allegedly faked almost 2,000 COVID-19 cards and gave fake injections, too. The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a roundtable about Snapchat drug dealers. Dozens more stories about counterfeit pills made of fentanyl and other dangerous substances in Canada, Wales, and 24 U.S. states.
Updates to cases involving a fake pharmacy that imported and sold controlled medicines to U.S. patients, a man who sold used and counterfeit cosmetic surgery devices, and a couple that sold unapproved substances as smart drugs. Additional news involving counterfeit pills made of fentanyl in 17 states.
Shabbir Imber Safdar, Executive Director of the Partnership for Safe Medicines, released the following statement in response to the New York State Senate’s passage of Senate Bill S604, which would create a wholesale prescription drug importation program in New York.
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