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

Several states are trying to reduce healthcare costs by importing medicine from countries where it costs less, but this is a deeply flawed policy proposal.

Pharmacy Benefit Managers' under-reimbursements make pharmacies perfect targets for counterfeiters—and make the U.S. drug supply less safe as a result.

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. 

PSM submits comment on CBP’s proposed rules to improve screening of low-value shipments

March 19, 2025

On March 14, the Partnership for Safe Medicines submitted comment on Customs and Border Protection’s proposed update to regulations around low-value, “de minimus” shipments.

March 17, 2025: A Texas Pharmacist gets 17 years for $145m skin cream billing fraud

March 18, 2025
a brown pharmacy building on a concrete lot on an overcast day

A Texas man billed government programs millions for creams compounded by untrained teenagers. News about counterfeit medicine in six U.S. states.

March 10, 2025: Patients transitioning from compounded diabetes / weight loss injections: Stick to licensed sources

March 10, 2025
Vials of black market weight loss drugs

FDA’s shutdown of GLP-1 compounding could lead to a new era of risk for U.S. patients.

FDA Alert: Update on Previous Nationwide Warning About Presence of Undeclared API in Capsules

March 10, 2025

The FDA published an update to a previous alert about undeclared active pharmaceutical ingredients in a dietary supplement to expand the package styles affected by this warning.

FDA Alert: Recall Issued on Nasal Wash System Due to Microbial Contamination

March 4, 2025

An FDA alert shared information on a nationwide recall of a nasal wash system due to microbrial contamination.

FDA Alert: Recall Issued on Injectable Product Due to Potential Particulate Matter

March 4, 2025

An FDA alert warned that Central Admixture Pharmacy Services issued a nationwide recall of Phenylephrine 40 mg added to 0.9% Sodium Chloride 250 mL in 250 mL Excel Bag due to the detection of black particulate matter in a single sealed vial of Phenylephrine Hydrochloride.

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