Posts Tagged ‘FDA’
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…
[...]FDA-OCI Increasing Efforts To Keep Counterfeit Drugs From Getting Into The Country
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb spoke with FDA-OCI agents about the importance of their work and how the agency is increasing staff at International Mail Facilities and ports of entry to help identify and keep fake drugs and illicit opioids out of the country…
[...]Reauthorization of Generic Drug User Fee Seen As A Win For Consumers
Starting in 2012, the Generic Drug User Fee Amendments helped increase the number of generic drug applications approved by the FDA. Having recently been reauthorized, the FDA looks forward to increasing the number of safe and affordable generic drugs available to American citizens…
[...]Injectable Silicone for Body Contouring and Enhancement: FDA Safety Communication – FDA Warns Against Use
This is a reprint of an FDA Alert. [Posted 11/14/2017] AUDIENCE: Patient, Plastic Surgery, Dermatology, Surgery ISSUE: The FDA is alerting the public and health care providers that injectable silicone is not approved to enhance or augment the body. Such use can lead to ongoing pain, infections, and serious injuries, such as scarring and permanent…
[...]Med-Fast Settles Civil Case Over Selling Reused Medications To Nursing Homes
Instead of destroying unused medications, Med-Fast Pharmacy in Pennsylvania recycled and resold them to nursing homes. The company recently reached a settlement with the Department of Justice and agreed to a $2.6M fine…
[...]Company and CEO Charged With Illegally Adding Scheduled Drugs To Supplements
A recently unsealed indictment brings 18 charges, including introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce & manufacturing and distributing controlled substances, against Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals and its CEO Jared Wheat…
[...]Maryland Woman Sentenced For Illegally Injecting Clients With Industrial Grade Silicone
Kendra Westmoreland of Maryland received a two-year prison sentence after admitting that she lied to her clients for 15 years. She was not injecting them with medical grade silicone, which it is illegal because of potential health complications. It was actually industrial grade silicone…
[...]Doctor Sentenced To 40 Months For Distributing Unapproved Medicine
Dr. George Patino convicted and sentenced for conspiracy, distributing Human Growth Hormone (HGH) for unauthorized medical purposes, and smuggling. He brought non-FDA approved HGH over from Mexico to treat patients with it for unapproved medical purposes…
[...]FDA-OCI Investigation Leads To Guilty Pleas From Two Men Who Sold Fake Drugs To Americans
The owner and the manager of a company in India ran a scheme cold calling phone numbers in the U.S. and Canada hoping the person who picked up the phone would be interested in purchasing some of their counterfeit medications. Both pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in federal court…
[...]Naturopathic Doctor Pleads Guilty to Using Misbranded Drug on Patients
A Port Angeles, WA area naturopathic physician pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce. Richard Marschall prescribed human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) to approximately 60 people for weight loss between February 2014 and February 2017.
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