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Pharmaceutical Border Security
Pharmaceutical border security Every day, inspectors from Customs and Border Protection, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Drug Enforcement Administration intercept scary medical products entering the U.S. This work is incredibly important to protect the safety of American patients and it’s difficult because criminals never stop innovating. PSM supports the work of border inspectors…
[...]Case overview, Gilead Sciences v Heal the World et al
Gilead Sciences has filed a civil complaint against a Queens, New York-based pharmacy that allegedly sold counterfeit HIV medicine.
[...]Oregon State Pharmacy Association submits testimony to Oregon’s PDAB
Oregon State Pharmacy Association submits testimony to Oregon’s PDAB On May 6, the Oregon State Pharmacy Association (OSPA) submitted testimony for the Oregon Prescription Drug Affordability Board’s May 2025 meeting, suggesting that the board eliminate PBM spread pricing to improve prescription drug affordability. Read it here. Read the PDF. Learn more about: Upper payment limits…
[...]Prescription Drug Affordability Board Activity, April 17 – April 30, 2025
Prescription Drug Affordability Board Activity, April 17 – April 30, 2025 Activities Summary Colorado: Colorado’s PDAB updated the Colorado Prescription Drug Affordability Advisory Council on its progress on April 24, 2025. Conversation focused on gathering stakeholder feedback. Maryland: Maryland’s Prescription Drug Affordability Advisory Council met on April 28,2025 to hear an expert presentation about Drug…
[...]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.
[...]Industrial solvents in medicated syrups: A recurring nightmare
Industrial solvents in medicated syrups: A recurring nightmare In 2022, at least 300 children in Uzbekistan, Gambia and Indonesia died after their parents gave them cough syrup made by Indian and Indonesian manufacturers to relieve minor cold symptoms. Most of them were under the age of five. Packaging of cough syrups listed in WHO medical…
[...]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.
[...]Information, USA v Xaiofei Chen
April 22, 2025
[...]Report and recommendations of judge upon guilty plea, USA v Xaiofei Chen
April 22, 2025
[...]PSM written testimony regarding Michigan Senate Bills 3, 4, and 5
PSM submits written testimony on Michigan Senate Bills 3, 4, and 5 On April 23, The Partnership for Safe Medicines submitted written testimony in opposition to Michigan Senate Bills 3, 4, and 5, which would create a prescription drug affordability board (PDAB) in Michigan to establish upper payment limits on certain medicines. Read the testimony…
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