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Topics: Foreign Drug Importation | The Fake Pill Crisis | Counterfeit Drugs in the U.S. | Explainers
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Five years of PDABs: broken promises, rising costs, and risks to access
Five years of PDABs: broken promises, rising costs, and risks to access (January 2025) Prescription Drug Affordability Boards (PDABs) have been created in several states with the goal to lower prescription drug costs for patients. One of the oldest, Maryland's, is five years old, but it has yet to fulfill ...
Threat Alert: Medicine designed to mimic regulated pharmaceuticals for sale online at Etsy.com
Threat Alert: Medicine designed to mimic regulated pharmaceuticals for sale online at Etsy.com March 2024 Etsy is an online marketplace that most people associate with vintage and handcrafted items. However, there is also a thriving trade in chemicals on the site, and some vendors sell homemade versions of highly regulated ...
How low PBM reimbursements ultimately endanger US patients
How low PBM reimbursements ultimately endanger US drug safety The United States has recently experienced several significant counterfeit medicine outbreaks in which fake or diverted medicines has reached U.S. pharmacies. One driver for these incidents is the economic climate pharmacy benefit managers have created by systematically under reimbursing pharmacies. Check ...
PSM Advisory Board approves policy resolution on reimbursement practices and supply chain safety
The PSM Governing and Advisory Boards has approved the following resolution: When pharmacies buy and dispense medicine for patients, if they are reimbursed below the cost of acquisition of medicines, they are put in a difficult situation. They need to buy medicine, but at prices that no legitimate seller can ...
Explainer: eBay and the Department of Justice settle over pill press sales
Explainer: eBay and the Department of Justice settle over pill press sales On January 31, 2024, eBay and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement: In return for not prosecuting eBay for alleged violations of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) related to the sale of pill presses and encapsulating ...
Are Canadian patients struggling with drug shortages already?
Canada has 38 million citizens, and Florida has 22 million. If Florida starts importing medicine from Canada, will it worsen already existing drug shortages in Canada? PSM's Shabbir Imber Safdar spoke with Canadian patient advocate Durhane Wong-Rieger about drug shortages in Canada. Learn more about Florida's plan to import medicine ...
Teach Your Community With These Conference Slides
Teach your community with these conference slides. Are you organizing a conference? Running slides between conference sessions and during breaks is a great way to fit in a little extra information for your community members-and there's a lot to know about counterfeit medicines in the U.S. These Q&A slides offer ...
Protect Your Patients and Your Practice
PSM and the American Medical Women's Association worked together on this resource for physicians. Download a PDF copy for your own reference. Download this resource
Why won’t Canadian drug importation work?
Why won't Canadian drug importation work? January 2023 Download our factsheet: Why won't Canadian importation work?