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

15 people in 9 states developed symptoms of botulism after receiving counterfeit Botox injections this year. The disease can progress to total paralysis and death. 

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

July 1, 2024: Safe Chain Solutions owners indicted for selling black market HIV drugs

July 1, 2024
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Adam Brosius, Patrick Boyd and Charles Boyd are facing eight counts for selling $90 million of diverted prescription drugs from five black-market suppliers.

PSM applauds the reintroduction of the SHOP SAFE Act

July 1, 2024

On June 13, 2024, PSM sent a letter to Congressmen Darrell Issa and Jerrold Nadler applauding the reintroduction of the Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by Screening Against Fake E-Commerce (SHOP SAFE) Act.

June 25, 2024: WHO alert about counterfeit Ozempic; a warning about fake Mounjaro and Zepbound

June 25, 2024
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Fake Ozempic has been found in Brazil, the U.K., and the U.S. Eli Lilly warned the public about fake and compounded tirzepatide medicines. Additional domestic and international stories.

June 17, 2024: FL continues to spend money on Canadian drug importation that doesn’t import medicine; GLP-1 phishing scams increase

June 20, 2024
Map of Florida with a pill bottle displaying a maple leaf. As it peels away, the label shows a poison symbol

Florida still has not imported a single pill, patients seeking GLP-1 medicines at increased risk from phishing scams, the counterfeit medicine news from three other countries.

Eli Lilly issues new alert about fake and dangerous compounded weight loss injectables

June 20, 2024

“Lilly Warns Patients About Counterfeit and Compounded Medicines Releases Open Letter and Takes Further Legal Action Against Counterfeit, Fake, Unsafe, and Untested Products”

June 10, 2024: U.S. drug shortages in 2023 and more counterfeit Ozempic seized

June 13, 2024

The FDA published its annual drug shortage report for 2023, CBP in Cincinnati seized multiple shipments of fake Ozempic, and international counterfeit medicine stories out of six different countries.

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