Importation
Side Stepping FDA Safeguards to Buy Medicine in Mexico Isn’t Safe, Former DEA Agents Warn
In this editorial, which was published in The Salt Lake Tribune on December 10, 2018, former DEA agents Javier Peña and Steve Murphy, warn that importing prescription drugs from other countries is “an extremely risky enterprise with potentially tragic consequences.”
[...]Former Ontario Police Superintendent Warns That Gang-Backed Fentanyl Trafficking Threatens both Canada and the U.S.
In this editorial, which appeared in Inside Sources on November 20, 2018, former chief superintendent of the Ontario Provincial Police Don Bell discusses the threat that gang-backed fentanyl trafficking poses to the U.S. and Canada, and emphasizes the importance of working together to secure the border.
[...]Mexican Pharmacies Are Not The Best Place For Medicare Recipients To Lower Their Prescription Costs
Some seniors who winter in the south cross the border to purchase prescription drugs in Mexico, frequently citing the savings. With counterfeit drugs being an issue acknowledged by Mexico’s government, Americans need to know that there are better savings to be found here in the U.S. They just need to ask their pharmacist…
[...]Drug importation is not a new idea.
Drug Importation Is Not A New Idea, And It Is Not A Good One, Either More Than A Decade of Experience Has Shown It Is Dangerous When an American living in Canada died of heavy metal poisoning in December 2006, investigators found that she had been taking contaminated medicine she had purchased from a reputable-looking…
[...]CNN Warns that Fake Drugs are a Global Industry That Puts Your Life at Risk
In a Mosaic Science article shared by CNN, author Srinath Perur delves into the global pharmaceutical industry and discovers that in India, counterfeit and substandard medications are an everyday occurrence.
[...]PSM’s letter asking the President and Congress to protect Americans from dangerous, imported medicines
Letter Asking the President And Congress to Protect Americans from Imported Drugs, October 30, 2018 Today, The Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM) sent a letter to President and Members of Congress urging them to protect Americans from the threat of unregulated, imported medicines flowing into our borders. October 30, 2018 Dear President Donald J.…
[...]Drug Importation and the Deadly Challenge of Screening 275 Million Packages a Year
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in their report U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the International Mail Facilities (IMFs), describes the daunting job that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) faces when attempting to weed out counterfeit medications and packages containing illicit fentanyl. In 2017, IMFs received 275 million packages. Of these, 10,000 were screened by CBP, and of those 86% contained drugs. The investigation of a suspect package is incredibly time-consuming; an experienced FDA investigator might take as long as 20 minutes to process a package containing just on product.
[...]Congress Passes Opioid Epidemic Legislative Package
The Partnership for Safe Medicines applauds the passage of the SUPPORT Act, an $8 billion package which will help develop non-addictive painkillers, improve prescription drug monitoring programs, establish comprehensive opioid recovery centers, and strengthen Customs and Border Protection’s ability to intercept fentanyl that is illegally shipped into the United States.
[...]Pharmacist and Drug Safety Advocate Urge HHS to Consider the Dangers of Importation
In this October 16, 2018 for Drug Topics, Alliance of Safe Online Pharmacies advisor Libby Baney and pharmacist and American Pharmacists Association CEO Thomas Menighan discuss the risks to public safety posed by drug importation.
[...]Importation Has Some Huge Risks
There are certainly things we can learn from other countries’ healthcare successes, but importation is not the right approach.
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