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ADAP Advocacy PSA Combat Counterfeit Drugs: The Ad Run Parts 1 and 2
This counterfeit HIV drug outbreak inspired Brandon Mascata of ADAP Advocacy Association (AAA+) to team up with us to produce an educational advertisement for people living with HIV and their loved ones.
[...]FDA Alert: Class 1 Recall of Unauthorized COVID-19 Tests
North American Diagnostics is recalling these tests because they were distributed to U.S. customers without authorization, clearance, or approval from the FDA. North American Diagnostics did not provide the FDA with adequate validation data to show that the test’s performance is accurate. Use of these tests may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
[...]August 1, 2022: Study urges medical practices to be aware of unsafe pharmacies selling Gleevec
Fake online pharmacies selling a lifesaving cancer drug. Three guilty pleas and a new case of controlled substance medicines from India, the extradition of Mark Grenon, who sells industrial bleach as a cure-all, and a dozen more stories.
[...]FDA Alert: Dietary Supplement Sold on Amazon Recalled for Presence of Prescription Drug Ingredients
The product was distributed via the internet and fulfilled by Amazon nationwide in the USA. On December 17, 2020, FDA issued a press release that warned consumers to avoid certain products found on Amazon, eBay and other retailers due to hidden and potentially dangerous drug ingredients. It also encouraged online marketplaces to ensure these products are not sold on their platforms.
[...]July 25, 2022: Pangea XV takes $11 million in fake drugs out of circulation
94 countries seized 3 million doses of unauthorized and fake drugs for Operation Pangea XV; Mesa County, Colorado’s sheriff reported a different, dangerous opioid in fake oxycodone pills; and 22 other counterfeit pill incidents.
[...]Video: DOJ wants AlpraKing
A vendor called AlpraKing was one of several large volume sellers of fake Xanax pills operating on the dark web between 2014 and 2017. No one knew who was behind the AlpraKing operation, but recently that changed.
[...]July 18, 2022: Final defendant in fake Adderall dark web ring sentenced
This week: more xylazine in fake pills, a million fentanyl pills seized in California, and the last of seven fake Adderall traffickers sentenced, and 26 more stories in 17 states.
[...]July 11, 2022: Mexican authorities seize half a million fentanyl pills in Sinaloan warehouse.
Mexico busts a huge fentanyl pill warehouse in Sinaloa. The U.S. is trying to extradite a Canadian fake Xanax trafficker, and a dozen more stories about counterfeit pills across the country.
[...]July 5, 2022: New York man sold U.S. buyers millions of smuggled prescription drugs
This week: Fake drug convictions in New York and Missouri, and fentanyl pill prosecutions, seizures and deaths in 17 states.
[...]June 27, 2022: Counterfeit pills with fentanyl continue unabated
Stories about hundreds of thousands of counterfeit pills made with fentanyl in nine U.S. states.
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