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Counterfeit Medicine News for the week of March 15, 2021
This week: fake COVID-19 vaccines seized in Mexico, updates on the impact of fentanyl pills in 2020, warnings about counterfeit pills made with methamphetamine and more.
[...]Canadian Drug Importation Stalls
The White House approved regulations for state drug importation in late state, green-lighting several states’ efforts to implement importation.
None of them is up and running yet. Check out this week’s video and post for an update.
[...]Counterfeit Medicine News for the week of March 8, 2021
This week: FDA warns against ivermectin as a COVID treatment, a fourth fraudulent pharmaceutical company website, counterfeit pill prosecutions and seizures in seven states.
[...]Counterfeit Medicine News for the week of March 1, 2021
This week: The FDA moves on fake FDA registration certificates and warns Mercola to stop selling supplements with fake COVID claims. The U.S. Attorney in Maryland shuts down another fake pharma phishing site. Counterfeit vaccines in South Africa. Counterfeit pill news in 11 states.
[...]New report from DEA says cartels are driving fake pills, and fake pills are driving drug deaths
The annual DEA National Threat Assessment, which covers 2019 and the first half of 2020, is the best source of unclassified data on drug smuggling, illicit substance trafficking, and counterfeit medications as it affects Americans. Watch our News of the Week video at right, or read the high points on our Twitter thread. Below you’ll…
[...]Medication Testing Makes Drug Importation Prohibitively Expensive
Medication Testing Makes Drug importation Prohibitively Expensive Federal legislation requires that any Canadian drug importation program test a “statistically valid sample” of medicines from each imported batch. This means you have to test more than a single dose or package, but to achieve 99.99% confidence and reliability, that you test thousands or sometimes tens of…
[...]Nearly One Million Poison Pills in 30 Days: Counterfeit Pills are Fueling U.S. Drug Deaths
The CDC says drug deaths are up 24% and the U.S. has seized nearly one million fake pills in the last 30 days.
[...]Counterfeit Medicine News for the week of February 23, 2021
This week: More counterfeit medical masks in Washington; prosecutions in nine states; fentanyl pill poisoning deaths in California, Missouri, New York, North Dakota and Wisconsin; and more.
[...]Counterfeit Medicine News for the week of February 15, 2021
In this week’s news: 11.1 million counterfeit n95 masks seized, invalid COVID-19 test results, pandemic-related benefits fraud, large fentanyl pill seizures, and another two doctors plead guilty to importing oncology drugs.
[...]Counterfeit Medicine News for the week of February 8, 2021
In this week’s news: More counterfeit masks, more fake medicine seizures, and a deadly new ingredient in pressed pills: clonazolam.
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