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September 16, 2024: An ongoing lawsuit suggests peril for pharmacy-to-pharmacy market place users
Rxeed’s suit of CVS Caremark alleges predatory practices against independent pharmacies. Walgreens joins up with NABP’s Pulse. Stories about medicine safety in the U.S. and around the world.
[...]September 9, 2024: A Mexican pharmacy sold a Texas man a known Ozempic counterfeit
Reuters writes about fake Ozempic and medicine tracking. The U.S. FDA issues warnings about supplements that contain undeclared prescription medicine. Additional news in India and Nigeria.
[...]September 2, 2024: CEO pleads guilty for contaminated, fraudulent stem cell injections
Guilty pleas in two federal cases involving dangerous medicines. Pill press news in South Carolina. Additional news in the U.K., India and Pakistan.
[...]August 26, 2024: Counterfeit prescription pills made of fentanyl may also contain a drug used in executions
Researchers have found pentobarbital in counterfeit prescription pills. Plus, domestic and international news, and what our executive director is reading this week.
[...]FDA Alert: Dietary supplement sold on Amazon recalled for containing prescription drug ingredients
This is a reprint of an FDA Alert. Boulla LLC Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Boom Max Capsules Due to the Potential Presence of Undeclared Sildenafil When a company announces a recall, market withdrawal, or safety alert, the FDA posts the company’s announcement as a public service. FDA does not endorse either the product or…
[...]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 19, 2024: Gilead Sciences files a second suit over the sale of black market HIV drugs
A new lawsuit says that another ring has been selling counterfeit HIV medicine in the U.S. Eli Lilly is taking action against compounders selling tirzepatide. More domestic and international news.
[...]August 12, 2024: International incidents show the breadth of the counterfeit medicine trade
A New York couple admitted to selling sildenafil in supplements they claimed were “all-natural.” Ethiopian researchers say that one-fifth of medicines in African are fake or substandard. Additional news in Canada, the U.K, Thailand and Kurdistan.
[...]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.
[...]New studies highlight dangers of counterfeit and poorly compounded diabetes and weight-loss medicines
A study published Friday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) underscores the urgency.
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