Pharmaceutical border security

Every day, inspectors from Customs and Border Protection, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Drug Enforcement Administration intercept scary medical products entering the U.S.

This work is incredibly important to protect the safety of American patients and it's difficult because criminals never stop innovating.

PSM supports the work of border inspectors by commenting on proposed rules, advocating for increased funding, and calling for improvements whenever we see places where improvements can be made.

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FDA import reports

New report reveals illegal ingredients for knockoff weight loss drugs flooding into U.S. from foreign sources, endangering patient safety

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 20, 2025) – The Partnership for Safe Medicines today released a new report that found suspicious, unauthorized, and illegal ingredients for popular diabetes and obesity injectables (commonly known as weight loss drugs) are flooding into the U.S. from foreign sources despite U.S. laws forbidding them from coming through the border.

Prescription Drug Freight Fraud Report, March 2025

May 12, 2025

What if your blood thinners were made in an unverified location in Colombia? In March 2025, dozens of pharmaceutical shipments entered the U.S. that were manufactured in places no one would expect.