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Senate HELP Asks Do We Want to Bypass the FDA Gold-Standard of Drug Approvals with Importation?
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.
[...]Hazmat Cleaning Company Describes Conditions Inside A House Used As A Fentanyl Pill Mill
An Edmonton home that was used as a pill mill for the largest fake fentanyl pill seizure in Canadian history was deemed uninhabitable until after a hazardous remediation company came in to clean the place up. This is what it was like inside…
[...]Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies Names the Winners of the 2017 Global Patient Safety Champions Award
This year Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP) has inaugurated a Global Patient Safety Champion award to recognize individuals and organizations that are working to protect patient safety and preserve the gold standard of FDA approval for all American patients.
[...]Royal Mounted Police Announce Seizure of 40,000 Fake Fentanyl Pills
Authorities in British Columbia announced drug charges against two Vancouver-area residents in a case involving 40,000 fake fentanyl pills. RCMP believes countless lives were saved by keeping these counterfeit pills off the streets…
[...]Health Officials In Seattle Warn of Counterfeit “Kill Pills” Made With Fentanyl
Public health officials in Seattle announced that a batch of pills found on a body tested positive for fentanyl. They urged the public to be careful, reminding them that fentanyl has no smell or taste and a simple visual inspection cannot say whether a pill is real or a counterfeit…
[...]Safe Savings Tip: Generic Norvasc Is Over 75% Cheaper In The U.S. Than In Canada
People think all prescription drugs cost less in Canada, but is that true? We did a price comparison for amlodipine, generic Norvasc, the sixth most frequently prescribed prescription drug in the U.S. during the first quarter of 2016. When we called a brick-and-mortar pharmacy in Canada, we were quoted the price of $24.62 for a 30-day supply, but we found those same pills at pharmacies in the U.S. for only $5.50…
[...]AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group Admits To Distributing Millions of Misbranded Oncology Drug Products
AmerisourceBergen Speciality Group is part of one of the largest wholesale drug companies in the U.S. and recently admitted in federal court to having distributed millions of misbranded oncology drug products throughout the U.S. over the course of 13 years…
[...]United Kingdom Is A Target And A Hub For Counterfeit Medicines From India
The United Kingdom is fighting a battle against counterfeit medicines on two front. The first fight is to keep them out of the hands of her citizens. The second fight is to not let the fake Indian pharmaceutical companies use their country as a postal hub…
[...]Maryland Woman Sentenced For Illegally Injecting Clients With Industrial Grade Silicone
Kendra Westmoreland of Maryland received a two-year prison sentence after admitting that she lied to her clients for 15 years. She was not injecting them with medical grade silicone, which it is illegal because of potential health complications. It was actually industrial grade silicone…
[...]PSM’s President Weighs in on Importation Fueling Fentanyl Epidemic
As PSM’s Board President, Dr. Marv Shepherd, wrote in an editorial for the Washington Examiner that was published on October 10, 2017, opening the United States to unregulated, imported drugs will offer fentanyl traffickers even more access to Americans:
“The reality is that criminals throughout the illegal supply chain from China to the streets of U.S. cities are making money at the cost of American lives. We need to be taking steps to eliminate illegal fentanyl from our communities, not providing new avenues for those who want to see just the opposite happen.”
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