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Federal officials are busting doctors for COVID scams
Homeland Security Investigations’ Operation Stolen Promise has declared that its second year will focus on on fake treatments and vaccine fraud. That’s good, because this kind of fraud is pervasive, and it’s even coming from trusted sources like doctors. Learn about two recent federal cases here.
[...]July 26, 2021: Federal authorities in Maryland seize fake Walmart site selling unapproved COVID cures.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland seized two websites that tried to mimic legitimate Walmart websites, and claimed to sell drugs that treat or prevent COVID-19. Read this and 15 more stories in the world of fake medicine.
[...]July 19, 2021: CDC says U.S. drug deaths up almost 30%
Tragic preliminary statistics that show that drug deaths rose from 70,600 in 2019 to 93,000 in 2020 with 57,000 the result of synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Click to read this and the rest of this week’s counterfeit medicine news.
[...]Partnership for Safe Medicines Statement on Biden Administration Executive Order to Foster Competition
Shabbir Safdar, executive director of the Partnership for Safe Medicines, released this statement in response to President Biden’s executive order to foster competition, which favors importation of prescription drugs from Canada.
[...]July 12, 2021: South Carolina reports 500 fake pill poisonings since January 2020
Learn about South Carolina’s grave warning for its residents, and more than 30 other stories in counterfeit news.
[...]Crime and Policy III: Counterfeit medicines in 2021
With the year half over, where are we with policy proposals and crimes that affect the safety of the supply chain?
Watch our June 30th webinar for an update.
[...]June 28, 2021: CBP Stops Black Market Remdesivir On Its Way To Mexico
CBP officers captured more than 100 shipments of black market versions of the Covid-19 treatment remdesivir in recent months. Read to learn more about this and the rest of the week’s news in fake medicine.
[...]June 21, 2021: Busted In 2018, Connecticut Pill Maker Pleads Guilty
A guilty plea for a Connecticut man who made deadly counterfeit Percocet in Stamford, and a dozen more fake medicine stories.
[...]Fentanyl Pill Victims Are Getting Younger. Parents Blame Social Media.
On June 4, 2021, parents and family members gathered in 30 cities around the country to protest social media companies’ inaction on drug sales on their platforms. The protest in Santa Monica focused on Snapchat headquarters.
[...]June 14, 2021: Operation Pangea XIV stops $23 million in fake and unapproved medical products
Every year, Interpol coordinates Operation Pangea, a seven-day initiative that targets the sale of counterfeit and unauthorized medical products. Read this to learn about this year’s fake medicine haul, and catch up on 17 other stories in the news.
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