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Our Executive Director, Shabbir Safdar, along with PSM members, shared examples of pharmaceutical counterfeits and helped attendees understand why current systems for stopping counterfeit product sales do not work well.
An indictment by the Department of Justice against 18 individuals who allegedly sold counterfeit pills via dozens of fake pharmacy websites to residents in all 50 states prompts warnings from two additional federal agencies.
Twenty-seven people in Puerto Rico indicted in misbranded and diverted drug case, CBP seized counterfeit and misbranded drugs in two states, and fake arthritis and cancer medications seized in India.
PSM commissioned a survey about compounded diabetes and weight loss injectable drugs. 1,000 likely voters across political affiliations were crystal clear — they are worried about safety and the current lack of oversight. See the full results.
The Federal Trade Commission issued an administrative complaint against the three largest pharmacy benefit managers, alleging that the companies used their market power to inflate the cost of insulin for U.S. patients.
If used chronically at the recommended dose, dexamethasone could cause severe and serious adverse events such as adrenal suppression (a disorder in which the adrenal glands do not produce enough hormones), central nervous system and psychiatric/behavioral effects, weight gain, gastrointestinal effects, elevated blood glucose, increased infection risks, neuromuscular and skeletal side effects, ocular effects, cardiovascular effects, dermatologic effects endocrine and metabolic issues, among other adverse events not mentioned.
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