Houston Resident Pleads Guilty in Counterfeit Drug Importation Conspiracy

January 10, 2014

Pakistani national, Mohammad Jamal Rashid, 45, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy related to the illegal importation and attempted trafficking of counterfeit drugs, and one count of receiving and delivering misbranded drugs. Rashid, who currently lives in Houston, Texas, has admitted that he illegally imported over 7,000 doses of counterfeit and misbranded ED…

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Maine Pharmacist Amelia Arnold at the Interchange 2013

January 8, 2014
Amelia Arnold, pharmacy operations manager for Community Pharmacies, Augusta, ME

Ms. Arnold spoke at Interchange 2013 about the events in her state that resulted in the passage of a controversial law that allows non-FDA approved medication to be imported from unregulated sources into the state of Maine. At the heart of this recent law is a Canadian business called CanaRX that Ms. Arnold stated “came into…

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