Overwhelming demand for transformative GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic and Mounjaro has led to widespread compounding and a boom in counterfeiting.

Is it safe or cost-effective to import medicine from Canada's or other countries' drug supplies?

 

August 21 is National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day and this year the counterfeit pill crisis is a decade old. 

State Prescription Drug Affordability Boards intend to control medicine costs — but some of their strategies will have unintended consequences.

After two decades of tracking counterfeit drugs, PSM is an expert on medicine safety issues and we often offer journalists our insight and perspective. 

Prescription Drug Freight Fraud Report, September 2025

September 16, 2025

Our analysis of data from June and July revealed hundreds of pharmaceutical shipments that entered the U.S. from facilities no one would expect, including unregistered Chinese exporters and alternative medicine clinics abroad.

September 15, 2025: Telehealth company must stop implying its compounded GLP-1 is FDA-approved, warns FDA

September 15, 2025
Ad showing feet on a scale and a measuring tape. Words are "Looking for Wegovy? Get started with semaglutide injections today! "

The warning letter was one of about 100 is a new focus on deceptive direct-to-consumer drug advertisements.

September 8, 2025: FDA launches an import alert listing safe GLP-1 manufacturers

September 8, 2025

The “green list” will help protect patients from unreliable, illegally compounded GLP-1s and simplify screening for border security.

PSM leads letter in support of an FDA mandate to destroy high-risk imports

September 5, 2025

PSM led a coalition of organizations urging leaders of the Senate HELP and House Energy and Commerce committees to help strengthen the FDA’s ability to protect Americans from unsafe and counterfeit medicines and medical products.

10 years of fentanyl pills

September 3, 2025

A decade ago no one had heard of deadly counterfeit prescription pills. Victims’ families bravely spoke up, lobbied, and rallied for change.

September 2, 2025: U.S. compounding restrictions have stemmed a flood of compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide

September 3, 2025

Chinese companies that supplied U.S. compounders have turned to making generic semaglutide for markets where Novo Nordisk’s main patent is expiring in 2026.

This week: New press draws attention to the dangers of poorly regulated medspas

August 25, 2025
A vial of fake Botox

Elle published an exposé about bad actors and loose regulation in the medical spa industry.

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90 countries. 769 arrests. 123 criminal networks. Over 50 million doses of fake medicine.

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Learn what FDA found at this compounding facility.

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Fake GLP-1 medications are putting lives at risk.

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