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. 

WHO Alert: Counterfeit Cancer Medicines Reported in Europe

January 14, 2025
A vial and box labeled Imfinzi

Information provided to WHO by AstraZeneca, the genuine manufacturer of IMFINZI, has confirmed that the products identified in this Alert are falsified. Laboratory analysis of samples of the falsified IMFINZI have been carried out by AstraZeneca. The analysis confirmed that the vials of the falsified product contained no active pharmaceutical ingredient.

January 13, 2025: WHO warns about a fake cancer drug with English packaging

January 13, 2025

WHO reported a fake cancer treatment. This year’s Notorious Markets report focused on fake online pharmacies. Board member Andrea Thomas urged fraternities to stock Narcan.

January 6, 2025: Counterfeit pills are increasingly available globally and their contents are ever more unpredictable

January 6, 2025
industrial pill press in a dusty looking concrete room

As prescription medications containing fentanyl and other illegal substances are becoming more widely accessible worldwide, a global crackdown on illicit drug precursors is leading cartels to experiment with the contents of their products.

FDA Alert: Recall Issued on “Herbal” Diet Pill Containing Prescription and OTC Drug Ingredients

December 17, 2024

FDA analysis has found these products to contain undeclared Furosemide, Dexamethasone and Chlorpheniramine. Furosemide was found at 5.24 mg/g or 1.84 mg/capsule. Dexamethasone was found at 2.22 mg/g or 0.780 mg/capsule. Chlorpheniramine was found at 4.38 mg/g or 1.54 mg/capsule.

December 16, 2024: Black market medicine in Texas and Tennessee

December 16, 2024
Vials of black market weight loss drugs

Two new cases involving black market medicine in Texas and Tennessee, and CPB seized thousands of pills in Laredo.

December 9, 2024: Lawsuit against Snap to proceed

December 9, 2024
A woman in a peach colored sweater talking. In front of her stands a picture of a young teenager labeled Alexander Neville, May 4, 2006 -June 23, 2020

The lawsuit against Snap may proceed and the ADA issued a statement about compounded GLP-1 medicines.

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