Counterfeit pills and intravenous and injectable medications have injured and even killed California patients.

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Download our state information sheet about counterfeit drug incidents in California and consult the updates below.

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Additional PSM Coverage

FDA Alert: Compounding Pharmacy in California Warned After Particulates Found in Injections

November 5, 2024

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July 9, 2024
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Criminal Complaint, USA v Gonzalez, September 2023

November 29, 2023
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A Bay Area Doctor Imported Black Market Drugs, But She Told Her Patients They Were Genuine Botox And Juvederm

December 8, 2022

Dietary Supplement Sold on Amazon Recalled for Containing Prescription Drug Ingredients

January 31, 2022

A Campaign to Spread the Word About Fake Pill Deaths in the Central Valley of California

January 13, 2021

Counterfeit Pill Takes the Life of a Hardworking College Graduate

August 24, 2020

4 Deaths and 26 Hospitalizations in Arizona Caused by Fake Hand Sanitizer Made with Methanol

July 21, 2020
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Lawsuit Filed By L.A. City Attorney In COVID-19 Fraud Case

May 28, 2020

As L.A. City Attorney Tackles One Fake COVID-19 Test Kit Company, Another Sets Up Shop

April 14, 2020

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