Posts Tagged ‘FDA’
FDA Sent Warning Letters To Online Networks Selling Illicit Opioids To Americans
The FDA sent nine online networks that operate 53 different websites selling illicit opioids warning letters telling them they must stop illegally marketing to American citizens or face enforcement action…
[...]FL Company Ordered To Stop Selling Adulterated And Misbranded Drugs
The U.S. DOJ received a permanent injunction against MyNicNaxs, a company based in Deltona, Florida, for the sale and distribution of unapproved and misbranded new drugs. Despite receiving a warning letter in 2013, the company continued to sell dietary supplements that contained undisclosed pharmaceutical ingredients…
[...]FDA Wants Authority to Seize and Destroy Suspected Fake Drugs at International Mail Facilities to Catch More Illicit Fentanyl
FDA Inspectors working at the U.S.’s nine international mail facilities work hard to keep counterfeit and substandard drugs from being shipped into the country. The FDA is asking Congress to change the rules to make it easier for them to seize and destroy shipments of fake drugs…
[...]‘Rhino 69 Extreme 50000’ Recalled due to Presence of Active Ingredient ‘Tadalafil’
This is a reprint of an FDA Alert. When a company announces a recall, market withdrawal, or safety alert, the FDA posts the company’s announcement as a public service. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company. For Immediate Release April 12, 2018 Contact Consumers Mark Harvey amawholesale@hotmail.com 1 (800) 689-6532 AMA Wholesale…
[...]FDA Warns Influenza Sufferers To Be Wary of Counterfeit and Unapproved Flu Treatments
The FDA lays out exactly what kind of claims fraudulent flu treatments make. They also point out that there are no FDA-approved over-the-counter (OTC) flu treatments available, though there are OTC treatments that can help reduce fever or muscle aches.
[...]FDA Commissioner Wants Additional Inspectors To Intercept Opioid Shipments
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb recently toured the International Mail Facility at JFK Airport with members of Congress so they could see firsthand what the FDA is attempting to sort through to keep dangerous opioids out of the country and why they need a staffing increase…
[...]Couple Sentenced For Smuggling And Injecting Clients With Fake Botox
Couple with no medical training, who repeatedly smuggled counterfeit cosmetic injectables into the U.S. and used them on their clients, received sentences for their crimes. Unfortunately, two of their clients have been left with permanent nerve damage…
[...]Known Counterfeit Cancer Drug Foreign Distributor Implicated in New Case
U.S. DOJ received guilty pleas from oncologist and wife who ordered misbranded cancer drugs from QSP, a CanadaDrugs.com wholesaler, 65 times over the course of 21 months while never informing their patients…
[...]Florida Storefronts Acting as Agents for Fake Canadian Online Pharmacies Raided
After years of looking the other way, FDA-OCI conducted raids on several Florida storefronts that facilitate individuals purchasing prescription drugs from online pharmacies, reminding the owners that they could face a fine or jail time for doing so…
[...]Washington Naturopath Sentenced To Jail In Misbranded Drug Case
Washington state naturopathy Rick Marschall was convicted in 2011 for illegally prescribing misbranded drugs to his patients. Sentenced to probation, he kept prescribing causing the state to suspend his license in 2013. He continued to practice medicine without a license and just received a jail sentence for prescribing the same misbranded drugs to his patients…
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