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October 28, 2024: DOJ hands down indictments and patients harmed by formulary change
Chinese companies and individuals indicted by the Department of Justice and a study examines how patients were harmed by the sudden removal of a medication from a drug formulary.
[...]October 7, 2024: DEA warning – Dozens of fake online pharmacies sold millions of fake pills to customers in all 50 states
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.
[...]September 30, 2024: 27 individuals indicted in Puerto Rico over wholesale distribution of misbranded and diverted medicine
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.
[...]September 23, 2024: Administrative complaint filed alleging insulin price inflation by pharmacy benefit managers
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.
[...]When is Amazon liable for selling, warehousing, and delivering counterfeit medical devices?
A whistleblower complaint alleges that counterfeit and misbranded diabetes medical devices were being sold by third-party vendor on Amazon and orders were fulfilled by Amazon.com itself.
[...]August 5, 2024: Fight the Fakes’ paper looks at how to combat substandard and counterfeit medicine
A white paper examines how to detect and respond to substandard and fake medicine. A small study shows why buying semaglutide on line is dangerous. Police in Ukraine busted a counterfeit medicine drug ring. These stories and more in this week’s news.
[...]July 29, 2024: FDA issued new alert about compounded semaglutide
The FDA warns that patients are harming themselves using compounded semaglutide. Cases involving pill presses in two U.S. states and two other countries.
[...]July 15, 2024: What some fake Botox victims have endured
New information on the patients recently hurt by counterfeit Botox, two news stories involving pill presses, and a prosecution announced in Austria over fake Ozempic that sent multiple people to the hospital.
[...]June 17, 2024: FL continues to spend money on Canadian drug importation that doesn’t import medicine; GLP-1 phishing scams increase
Florida still has not imported a single pill, patients seeking GLP-1 medicines at increased risk from phishing scams, the counterfeit medicine news from three other countries.
[...]June 10, 2024: U.S. drug shortages in 2023 and more counterfeit Ozempic seized
The FDA published its annual drug shortage report for 2023, CBP in Cincinnati seized multiple shipments of fake Ozempic, and international counterfeit medicine stories out of six different countries.
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