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EXPERT RESOURCES (Back to Consumer Resources) News See latest news at news.google.com. Consult safemedicines.org Internet Drug Seller news archive. California Healthcare Institute maintains a newswire with many importation-related stories. Available here. Reports & Statements Health Canada. Health Canada advises consumers be cautious when buying Tamiflu online. 23 December 2005. Centre for Reform (U.K.). Illegal Online…
[...]Partnership For Safe Medicines Joins FDA Counterfeit Alert Network
Pharmacy Expert Says Internet is Key to Fighting Counterfeiters Worldwide
Washington, D.C. (March 7, 2006) � The Partnership for Safe Medicines, a coalition of patient, physician, pharmacist, university, industry and professional organizations, today announced that its SafeMeds Alert System has become a part of the Food and Drug Administration�s (FDA) Counterfeit Alert Network.
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Safety of drug supply: Tougher laws needed to stem counterfeit drug rings
The FDA has warned that the U.S. drug supply is a potential target for terrorism. On March 29, 2006, the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force unsealed an indictment charging 19 people with operating a global crime and terrorism ring spanning Lebanon, Canada, China, Brazil, Paraguay and the United States. The ring sold counterfeit drugs and…
[...]Future of Nevada drug plan uncertain
A Tuesday opinion from Nevada Attorney General George Chanos cast doubt over a state program for importing cheap Canadian drugs but it remained unclear whether the program would be scuttled. ANJEANETTE DAMON 12/28/2005 Read the full story at rgj.com.
[...]Consumers Urged to Seek the VIPPS Seal When Buying Prescription Drugs Online
BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec 22, 2005 – In light of recent reports that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency seized imported counterfeit Tamiflu(R), drugstore.com, inc. (NASDAQ:DSCM), a leading online retailer of health, beauty, vision, and pharmacy products, reminds consumers to purchase prescription drugs over the Internet only at online pharmacies bearing the VIPPS(R) seal. Read…
[...]Customs agents seize tamiflu shipments
SAN FRANCISCO — Customs agents have intercepted more than 50 shipments of counterfeit Tamiflu, the antiviral drug being stockpiled in anticipation of a bird flu pandemic, marking the first such seizures in the U.S., authorities said Sunday. By Brian Skoloff, Associated Press December 18, 2005 Read the full story at latimes.com.
[...]Identity theft scams its way into Florence
Laura Cusaac of Florence has gotten phone calls with offers too good to be true – and just plain frightening. By Charles Tomlinson December 17, 2005 Read the full story at morningnewsonline.com.
[...]Net police to check e-trade in drugs
Internet drug traffickers, better watch out. Cyber police is coming. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) will be tracking the Net now that India has emerged as a major point of sale of narcotics and psychotropic substances through illicit online firms. The NCB is in the process of setting up an Internet Tracking Unit. By Rajnish…
[...]‘Canadian’ drugs come from other countries: FDA
(HealthDay News) — An FDA sting operation found that almost half the imported drugs intercepted from four countries were shipped to fill orders that U.S. consumers thought were placed with Canadian pharmacies, agency officials announced Friday. December 16, 2005 Read the full story at forbes.com.
[...]Alabama attorney general to review doctor over fake flu shots
State Attorney General Troy King will review the case of a former Montgomery physician cited for giving more than 90 fake flu shots and will decide whether to take legal action. By Phillip Rawls December 13, 2005 Read the full story at al.com.
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