The Growing Nexus Between Narcos and Counterfeit Medicines

March 7, 2018

Netflix DEA NARCOS agents Javier Pena (DEA Special Agent (Ret.) and Steve Murphy (DEA Special Agent (Ret.) describe the growing nexus between illicit drug traffickers and counterfeit medicines.

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Case Updates From Two Major Fentanyl Drug Rings Out Of Texas and Utah

March 7, 2018

Short updates on two major fentanyl counterfeit pill ring cases. One case in Texas looks to have one of the fourteen defendants taking a plea while the second case in Utah sees a jury trial date set for Aaron Shamo, the alleged drug ring leader that shipped counterfeit pills containing fentanyl all across the U.S…

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Safe Savings Tip – Ask What The Cash Price For Your Prescription Would Be

March 5, 2018

Most people in the U.S. live in states where their pharmacists are barred from letting them know that they could save money by paying cash instead of their insurance’s co-payment. Federal and state legislators are looking to change that…

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DOJ Announces News Cases In PA And OH Against Couples Selling Counterfeit Drugs and Fentanyl

March 2, 2018

U.S. Department of Justice announced two new cases. One is against a PA couple for manufacturing and selling counterfeit prescription pills made with heroin. The second case is against an OH couple charged with running a drug ring that imported and sold fentanyl and carfentanil in the Akron area…

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Man Gets Two Years For Importing And Distributing Fake Drugs From Pakistan

March 1, 2018

Massachusetts man sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a scheme to import and distribute misbranded and counterfeit drugs. Harry Aliengena acted as a middleman, received shipments of fake drugs, and sent them onto customer across the U.S…

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Counterfeit Xanax Is A Growing Problem Across The U.S.

February 28, 2018

Articles about counterfeit Xanax are coming in from all across the United States. PSM has taken a quick look at four recent stories out of North Carolina, Massachusetts, Texas, and California…

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Counterfeit Drug Manufacturing Trio from Florida Sentenced

February 27, 2018

The trio of residents from Chipley, Florida that had plead guilty to counterfeit drug and illicit steroid charges have been sentenced, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reports.

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GBI Warns Metro Atlanta has Most Counterfeit Pills Made with Fentanyl in State

February 26, 2018

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation issued a public safety alert on February 11, 2018 about the high volume of counterfeit pills made with fentanyl and other illicit opioids that have been found in Metro Atlanta. Since January 2015, there have been 450 reports of counterfeit pills. The most commonly counterfeited pills were Xanax and oxycodone that contained substances such as fentanyl, furanyl fentanyl, and U-47700.

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NY Pair To Pay $500K After Buying Misbranded Cancer Drugs

February 23, 2018

NY Oncologist Vincent Koh and his office manager wife Mimi agree to pay $500,000 administering illegally purchased and misbranded drugs on their Medicare cancer patients…

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Bella all Natural Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Diet Capsules Labeled as Bella, Due to Presence of Sibutramine

February 22, 2018

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 February 22, 2018 Contact Consumers Bella all Natural cabral_daisy@yahoo.com (323)552-6263 Bella All Natural…

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