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Reesna Inc., Issues a Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Fuel Up Plus and Fuel Up High Octane due to the Presence of Undeclared Hydroxythiohomosildenafil
This is a reprint of an FDA Alert. FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls and market withdrawals from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company. Recall: Firm Press Release For Immediate Release …
[...]Interchange 2014 Highlights: Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood Speaks Fights Counterfeits at the State Level
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who has made significant contributions to state-based efforts to protect Americans from counterfeit products, offered an attorney general’s perspective on working collaboratively with Federal agencies to fight counterfeit medicines.
[...]Lipo Escultura Corp. Issues Nationwide Recall of Lipo Escultura Due to Undeclared Sibutramine and Diclofenac
This is a reprint of an FDA Alert. FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls and market withdrawals from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company. December 3, 2015 Contact Consumers Julio Tapia (718) 415-2611…
[...]PSM Board President Dr. Marv Shepherd Explains the Dangers of Drug Importation
Dr. Shepherd was interviewed on a local Austin radio station and described for listeners the realities of the counterfeit medication economy, and the dangers U.S. citizens face from imported medication. After William Scully, owner of the unlicensed pharmaceutical importer Medical Device King/Pharmalogical, was convicted on charges relating to his drug importation business, Bill Swail, host…
[...]The Partnership For Safe Medicines 2014 Interchange
PSM’s 5th annual conference was held on September 18, 2014 at the Knight Conference Center at The Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Av., NW, Washington, D.C. FDA Deputy Commissioner Howard Sklamberg and Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood View Interchange 2014 Program (PDF) The 2014 PSM Interchange brought together policymakers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, patient advocates, law enforcement, healthcare…
[...]Interchange 2014 Highlights: Deputy Commissioner Howard Sklamberg on new legislation and FDA’s work in protecting the safe drug supply chain
During PSM’s 2014 Interchange, Howard Sklamberg, the FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Global Regulatory Operations and Policy gave an overview of the FDA’s work in protecting the safe drug supply chain and of legislation enacted in 2012 and 2013.
[...]Over 30 Groups Nationally Oppose Drug Importation
Recently, conversations and debate about drug importation has reached a fever pitch. Partnership For Safe Medicines’ many coalition members want Congress to know about our concerns for the safety of American patients. The secure American drug supply chain protects American consumers from dangerous counterfeit, substandard and unsafe medicines. Any effort designed to bypass FDA controls…
[...]Over 30 Groups Nationally Oppose Drug Importation
As a coalition whose outreach and operations involve educating health care workers and patients in all fifty states, and whose membership is comprised of more than 60 organizations committed to the safety of prescription drugs and protecting U.S. consumers against counterfeit, substandard or otherwise unsafe medicines, we are deeply concerned that importation proposals will undermine America’s existing and proposed drug safety protocols.
[...]Interchange 2014 Highlights: Eric Sampson on the CDC Foundation’s plans to combat fake drugs
Hear Senior Science Advisor Eric Sampson talk about the CDC Foundation’s plans to study the impact of counterfeit drugs and educate the public health community about the black market.
[...]New York Man Who Ran Medical Device King Convicted in Prescription Drug Importation Scheme
Update: On December 13, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated William Scully’s conviction because a lower court “declined to allow Scully to introduce evidence at his 2015 trial showing he sought legal advice about importing drugs with foreign labels from one of his lawyers.” Ultimately Scully pleaded guilty to one charge of…
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