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ALERT: New FDA Warning Letter to www.thesafepills.org
The FDA has issued a warning to the operators of the online pharmacy www.thesafepills.org for illegally selling unapproved and misbranded opioid medications, including tapentadol products marketed as Aspadol and Typendol. These unauthorized drugs, sold without a prescription, pose significant health risks such as overdose, addiction, and even death.
[...]April 28, 2025: SafeChain Solutions executive admits to criminal wire fraud in HIV drug diversion case
One of SafeChain’s three owners pleaded guilty. The company collected secondhand HIV medicines from patients and resold them to licensed U.S. pharmacies, forging paperwork to make them look legitimate.
[...]April 21, 2025: Kentucky doctor pleads guilty after injecting patients with semaglutide from unregistered sources
A Kentucky doctor treated weight loss patients with research chemicals; CBP seized 90,000 alprazolam pills being smuggled into the U.S.
[...]FDA Alert: Counterfeit Ozempic found in U.S. Supply Chain
The FDA and Novo Nordisk are warning the public about counterfeit Ozempic injections circulating in the U.S. drug supply chain. The falsified products, labeled with lot number PAR0362 and serial numbers beginning with 51746517, were seized by the FDA on April 9, 2025. Their contents and safety are unverified and pose serious health risks.
[...]New initiative: Best practices for online pharmacy-to-pharmacy marketplaces
PSM is seeking input on developing a set of best practices to reduce sales of counterfeit and diverted medicines on online pharmacy-to-pharmacy marketplaces.
[...]April 14, 2025: Regulators announce a third instance of counterfeit Ozempic injections in the U.S. drug supply
The FDA announced that it had seized counterfeit Ozempic injections on April 9. PSM testified at a congressional hearing.
[...]April 7, 2025: A study examines FDA-OCI’s enforcement actions over a five-year period
A study examined the 130 enforcement actions undertaken by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Criminal Investigations from 2016 through 2021.
[...]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.
[...]Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies updates Joint Budget Committee on litigation costs
A March 12, 2025 memo said the state had paid more than $150,000 defending itself in a lawsuit Amgen had filed over plans to set an upper payment limit on its rheumatoid arthritis treatment, Enbrel.
[...]March 31, 2025: Senator asks how FDA will be accountable for unregulated active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) imports
Senator Jim Banks asked pointed questions about how FDA will stem the tide of semaglutide and tirzepatide coming from unknown facilities.
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