News
March 28–April 4, 2022: DoJ probes alleged HIV drug counterfeiting network
In this week’s roundup: The Justice Department’s investigation of an alleged counterfeit HIV drug network; case updates in New Jersey and Washington, international news, and 40+ stories about pressed pills made with fentanyl or other substances.
[...]March 21, 2022: Class I recalls of COVID-19 tests and prescription drug smuggling
This week’s roundup covers two COVID-19 test kit recalls, alleged prescription drug smugglers who sold breast cancer treatments—among other drugs—online, and 33 more stories across the country,
[...]FDA Alert: Class 1 Recall of Unauthorized Covid-19 Tests
This is a reprint of an FDA Alert. SD Biosensor Recalls STANDARD Q COVID-19 Ag Home Tests That Are Not Authorized, Cleared, or Approved by the FDA and May Give False Results The FDA has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall. Use of these devices may cause serious…
[...]March 16, 2022 Video: Dodgy Drug Websites & HIV
Many criminals are in the fake HIV drug business, and the drugs they sell online are a big threat to the health of HIV patients. Learn more here.
[...]March 14, 2022: Counterfeit Rabies Shots Found In The Philippines
Without effective treatment, rabies causes fever, headache, delirium, hallucinations, spasms that prevent swallowing and—almost always—death.
Read about this case and dozens more in this week’s news roundup.
[...]March 9, 2022 Video: Narcotics for Sale
What’s more shocking than a fake online pharmacy selling fake medicines to desperate patients? The same sites selling illicit drugs like fentanyl. It’s one more reason to support the DRUGS Act.
[...]March 7, 2022: Fake oxycodone contained animal sedative that doesn’t respond to Narcan
A high school senior who died in 2021 believed he was buying oxycodone, but test results showed fentanyl and xylazine—a non-opioid veterinary sedative.
Find links to this story and two dozen more in this week’s news roundup.
[...]New Jersey Teenager Killed by Pill Containing Fentanyl Sold on Snapchat
New Jersey is the 17th state in which PSM has documented a death caused by a counterfeit pill containing fentanyl sold to the victim on Snapchat.
[...]FDA Issues Warning About Unauthorized Covid-19 At-Home Tests
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning people not to use the SD Biosensor Inc. STANDARD Q COVID-19 Ag Home Test. The test is not authorized, cleared, or approved by the FDA for distribution or use in the United States. The FDA is concerned about the risk of false results when using this unauthorized test. This unauthorized test may be packaged in a white and magenta box.
[...]March 2, 2022 Video: Stop Notorious Websites
Learn how this year’s Notorious Markets Report illustrates need for the DRUGS Act.
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