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Posts Tagged ‘Canada’

Academic Discusses Canada’s Counterfeit Drug Problem

March 20, 2018

In this opinion piece published March 10, 2018 in Medicine Hat News, Dr. Kristina Acri, an academic and senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, discusses the problem of counterfeit drugs in Canada…

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Yvonne Clark of Calgary, Canada Does not Want You to Lose Your Child to Fentanyl as She Did

February 21, 2018

Yvonne Clark lost her 21-year-old son to fentanyl poisoning, and now she is trying to help other parents by educating about what an incredible danger fentanyl can be to their children.

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Counterfeit Drugs Are A Problem Around The World

February 20, 2018

This international news update includes two counterfeit drugs stories out of Canada and one from Switzerland that PSM wants to make sure you hear about…

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China Smuggling Case Illustrates the Role Canada Plays Bringing Fentanyl into United States

November 22, 2017

The recent indictment of six Canadians demonstrates the role Canada played as part of a larger international fentanyl smuggling ring that shipped fentanyl compounds to the United States.

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2 Chinese Nationals Among 21 People Indicted in International Fentanyl Smuggling Rings

October 24, 2017

In an unprecedented action, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced federal grand jury indictments against two Chinese nationals living and working in China. It is alleged the pair operated separate businesses that manufacture illicit fentanyl and fentanyl analogues and export them to the United States.

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Senate HELP Asks Do We Want to Bypass the FDA Gold-Standard of Drug Approvals with Importation?

October 20, 2017

Every panelist unequivocally stated their opposition to drug importation proposals, citing the danger to patients an unregulated drug supply chain would expose them to. Three, in particular, made cogent arguments on behalf of patient safety and drug accessibility.

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In Fight Against Counterfeit Pills, Ontario Lawmakers Seek To Restrict Pill Presses

September 28, 2017

Seeking to prevent any more deaths from fake pills made with fentanyl, the Legislature of Ontario is considering a bill that would make it illegal for anyone except pharmacists to own a pill press, an essential piece of equipment utilized in the manufacturing of counterfeit medicines…

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In Fight Against Fentanyl, Ottawa Police Supplying Officers With Naloxone

September 19, 2017

As fentanyl makes its way eastward across Canada, the police in the city of Ottawa are leaving nothing to chance and are distributing naloxone kits to all officers to prevent overdoses…

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Making Canada America’s Medicine Cabinet Is Not The Solution To High Drug Prices

September 6, 2017

Marv Shepherd, President of Board of Directors for the Partnership for Safe Medicines, reexamined the possible effects on Canada’s drug supply should the U.S. legalize drug importation…

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Countless Lives Saved in Alberta; Police Seize 130,000 Fake Fentanyl Pills

September 4, 2017

Police in Edmonton, Alberta announced the seizure of 130,000 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl from multiple residences in the area, including one home converted into a fentanyl pill processing lab…

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