Posts Tagged ‘Canada’
Partnership for Safe Medicines statement on FDA authorization of Colorado’s Section 804 Importation Program
“Colorado is now poised to repeat Florida’s failed attempt to implement Canadian drug importation,” said PSM Executive Director Shabbir Imber Safdar. “Since beginning their program in 2019, Florida has spent $132 million and still not imported a single unit of medicine, proving that these bulk importation programs are not reducing drug costs for Americans.”
[...]Case overview: Novartis AG and Genentech v SHARx and Campbell Heights Pharmacy (2026 — ) – ongoing
Novartis and Genentech have filed a Lanham Act complaint against an alternative funding program and a Canadian pharmacy allegedly supplying Canadian Xolair to Michigan patients.
[...]Colorado’s March 2025 Amended SIP Application
The state of Colorado submitted a revised application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to operation a Canadian drug importation plan in March. This blog post examines how the state’s application has changed over the years.
[...]Health Canada shares resources about fake online pharmacies
It isn’t just U.S. regulators that warn against ordering medicines from unlicensed pharmacies. Canadian regulators have the same concerns about the safety of unapproved medical products.
[...]Video: DOJ wants AlpraKing
A vendor called AlpraKing was one of several large volume sellers of fake Xanax pills operating on the dark web between 2014 and 2017. No one knew who was behind the AlpraKing operation, but recently that changed.
[...]Canadian drug importation – What’s the state of the issue in June 2021?
What’s happening with Canadian drug importation? What’s Florida doing with a big empty warehouse? Isn’t this policy currently in the courts? You’ve got questions and we’ve got answers.
[...]An Analysis Of New Mexico’s Draft Canadian Drug Importation Plan
The state of New Mexico released a draft of its Canadian drug importation plan. PSM analyzed the plan, paying particular attention to concerns pharmacists might have about how drug importation might affect their patients and business…
[...]Wyoming’s Dept. of Health Recommends The State Not Attempt A Drug Importation Program
Wyoming is one of many states that decided to examine if importing drugs would provide significant savings to its citizens. In a hearing in August and a report released today, they took a critical look at the issue and the Department of Health recommends that the state not pursue the idea for several key reasons…
[...]HHS Secretary Sent Congress The Certification To Allow Canadian Drug Importation
On September 23, 2020, Department of Health and Human Services Alex Azar submitted a letter to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy certifying that Canadian drug importation would pose not additional threats to consumers and would save Americans a significant amount of money on prescription drugs.
[...]September 9, 2020 video: 1,000 Fake Pills per bottle – a bust in Toronto
Last June, police in Ontario, Canada carried out Project Javelin, shutting down a huge counterfeiting operation that manufactured hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills disguised as Oxycocet, a Health Canada-approved generic oxycodone and acetaminophen product with the same ingredients as Percocet.
Update: Executive Director Shabbir Safdar followed up with retired Chief Superintendent of the Ontario Police Don Bell to talk about the impact these criminals could have had. Watch that interview in our September 23rd video, “Deadly Pills in Ontario.”
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