Archive for 2022
ASOP, NABP and LA Sheriff launch a campaign with Danny Trejo: Bad Meds Kill Real People
December 14, 2022 saw the launch of a new public health initiative about counterfeit medicines, fronted by cult action star Danny Trejo, who appears in a PSA directing Americans to “verify before you buy” at Safe.Pharmacy.
[...]Colorado’s Canadian drug importation plan won’t be safe and also won’t save money
Colorado submitted its application to the FDA to import medicine from Canada on December 5. Like other Canadian importation plans, this one isn’t safe and it’s unlikely to save money.
[...]December 12, 2022: Fraudster Sentenced For Selling Pesticides As COVID Prevention
Federal courts sentenced a New Jersey man for selling fake coronavirus prevention products, and indicted a Florida woman who allegedly imported and sold unapproved Botox. A new database shows non-fatal opioid overdoses across the country. Additional stories about fake medicine in India and Nigeria and counterfeit pills made with fentanyl in 16 states and Canada.
[...]A Bay Area Doctor Imported Black Market Drugs, But She Told Her Patients They Were Genuine Botox And Juvederm
On November 22, 2022, San Francisco doctor Lindsay Clark pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for receiving non-FDA approved drugs and devices. She injected her patients with these black market drugs, and she made a million dollars doing it.
[...]December 5, 2022: Be wary. Drug shortages can drive counterfeit drug crime
It’s very important to verify that your pharmacy is state-licensed. A California doctor just pleaded guilty to illegally importing medicines; another is going to prison for fake COVID treatments. Fake pill news in 15 states and Mexico.
[...]Colorado’s dilemma: Should we save our citizens $141 million dollars this year or just burn millions to make a political point?
When Colorado published its list of prospective drugs to import in 2020, the states own numbers showed they could have saved more than $43 million just by switching to U.S. generics. Now, that number is $141 million.
[...]Patients, protect yourselves. You are the last line of defense.
December 1st is World AIDS Day. If you are HIV positive, be aware that fake HIV treatments that have been found in the U.S. Look here for more information, and to download the infographic on medicine safety we created with help from The ADAP Advocacy Association.
[...]Why has Florida paid 27 million dollars for an empty warehouse?
When Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB19 into law in June 2019, he said that Florida was leading “the way toward affordable prescription drugs,” but over the past three years not a single person has received even one pill imported from Canada, and the state has spent millions.
[...]November 28, 2022: DEA Labs show 6 out of 10 fentanyl pills now contain a deadly dose
Six out of ten fentanyl pills contain a lethal dose. The FDA sends warning letters for violations of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. A fake anesthesia ring was shut down in Pakistan. 23 more stories include news about pressed pills in 13 states.
[...]November 21, 2022: India busts counterfeiting operation with $1m in fake cancer drugs.
Police in India busted a large scale fake cancer drug operation; additional counterfeit news in England, Austria and Mexico. CBP in Ohio reported seizing non-FDA approved cosmetic injectables. Seizures, prosecutions and deaths involving counterfeit pills in 18 U.S. states.
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