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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.
[...]February 28, 2022: Study shows that suspending rogue pharmacy websites suppresses them in search results
LegitScript’s three-month study found that locking and suspending rogue online pharmacy websites suppressed them in search engine results.
Catch up on this and more than 30 other stories here.
[...]Connecticut Bioscience Growth Council ED explains why drug importation is “unworkable.”
In this February 24, 2022 editorial published on the Connecticut Business & Industry Association’s website, Paul Pescatello reviews the practical reasons that mean that importing drugs from Canada will not lower prescription drug prices. Pescatello is the executive director of CBIA’s Bioscience Growth Council and chair of We Work for Health Connecticut.
[...]A Fentanyl Fighting Blueprint: The Commission On Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking’s Final Report
The Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking’s Final Report makes recommendations for a complex, multipronged federal response to the fentanyl crisis.
[...]February 22, 2022: This year’s review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy is out
The Office of the US Trade Representative released this year’s Review of Notorious Markets, which identifies markets that “engage in, facilitate, turn a blind eye to, or benefit from substantial piracy or counterfeiting.”
Click through to see this report, and catch up on more than 30 stories about counterfeit medicine.
[...]How can families affected by fentanyl or fake medicines become advocates in 2022?
Has your family been affected by fentanyl or fake pills? Learn about opportunities in 2022 to advocate to address the crisis in this webinar about federal legislation this year.
[...]Dietary Supplement Sold on Amazon Recalled for Containing Prescription Drug Ingredients
Esupplementsales, LLC was informed by Amazon that laboratory analysis has found the product to be tainted with tadalafil, an ingredient known as a phosphodiesterase (PDE-5) inhibitor found in an FDA approved product for the treatment of male erectile dysfunction. The presence of tadalafil in Hard Dawn Rise and Shine Capsules renders the product an unapproved drug for which safety and efficacy have not been established and, therefore, subject to recall.
[...]January 31, 2022: New York nurses allegedly sold $1.5 million in fake vaccine cards
Two nurses in New York allegedly made $1.5 million over a three month period forging vaccine cards and entering them in New York’s statewide vaccine database. Catch up on this and 16 more stories.
[...]Since 2015, fentanyl has changed the drug landscape (Archived)
Counterfeit pills made with fentanyl have proliferated across the U.S. since 2015, killing people in all 50 states. The pills have become heavily trafficked, easier to find and more deadly.
This infographic shows how the fentanyl pill trade has changed.
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