News
August 12, 2024: International incidents show the breadth of the counterfeit medicine trade
A New York couple admitted to selling sildenafil in supplements they claimed were “all-natural.” Ethiopian researchers say that one-fifth of medicines in African are fake or substandard. Additional news in Canada, the U.K, Thailand and Kurdistan.
[...]August 5, 2024: Fight the Fakes’ paper looks at how to combat substandard and counterfeit medicine
A white paper examines how to detect and respond to substandard and fake medicine. A small study shows why buying semaglutide on line is dangerous. Police in Ukraine busted a counterfeit medicine drug ring. These stories and more in this week’s news.
[...]New studies highlight dangers of counterfeit and poorly compounded diabetes and weight-loss medicines
A study published Friday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) underscores the urgency.
[...]July 29, 2024: FDA issued new alert about compounded semaglutide
The FDA warns that patients are harming themselves using compounded semaglutide. Cases involving pill presses in two U.S. states and two other countries.
[...]FDA alerts health care providers, compounders and patients of dosing errors associated with compounded injectable semaglutide products
FDA has received reports of adverse events, some requiring hospitalization, that may be related to overdoses due to dosing errors associated with compounded semaglutide injectable products.
[...]July 22, 2024: A Michigan pharmacy sues supplier over fake Ozempic
A Michigan company is suing a telepharmacy that allegedly supplied fake Ozempic. New resources about the risks of compounded medicines. Details about the fake cancer drug ring busted in India.
[...]July 15, 2024: What some fake Botox victims have endured
New information on the patients recently hurt by counterfeit Botox, two news stories involving pill presses, and a prosecution announced in Austria over fake Ozempic that sent multiple people to the hospital.
[...]July 8, 2024: U.S. legislators introduce a bill to curb fake pill sales on social media
The Cooper Davis and Devin Norring Act would force social media to report online drug sales. Additional news involves counterfeit cancer drugs sold in the U.S., fake cosmetic injections and more.
[...]July 1, 2024: Safe Chain Solutions owners indicted for selling black market HIV drugs
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
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.
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