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Threat Alert: Medicine designed to mimic regulated pharmaceuticals for sale online at Etsy.com
In spite of Etsy’s terms of use, there is a thriving trade in chemicals on the site, including those sold to individuals seeking homemade versions of highly regulated pharmaceuticals.
[...]March 4, 2024: Colorado submits a sharply limited drug importation proposal to the FDA
Colorado’s amended importation plan cuts prospective drugs by 78%. FDA Commissioner Califf warned about counterfeit medicines. A British couple who allegedly provided U.S. clinics they owned with illegally imported cancer medicines is facing extradition. Counterfeit medicine in Canada, Mexico and elsewhere.
[...]Colorado updates drug importation proposal, cuts list of meds by 88, adds Ozempic
Colorado’s updated Canadian drug importation application to the FDA cuts the drug list from 112 to 24 and adds Ozempic to the list of medicines it wants from Canadians.
[...]DEA tells e-commerce companies they have compliance obligations for pill press sales on their platforms.
The DEA put all e-commerce platforms on notice of their obligations whenever they facilitate transactions involving pill presses.
[...]February 26, 2024: Safe Chain Solutions settles HIV drug diversion lawsuit with Gilead Sciences
A Maryland drug distributor lost $2.7 million in a settlement over selling secondhand medicine to U.S. pharmacies. Additional news in Alabama, California, New Jersey, Tennessee and more.
[...]February 20, 2024: FDA warns companies selling unapproved semaglutide and tirzepatide
Companies in New York and Florida were selling unapproved GLP-1 agonists. Operation Shield IV removed $69 million in illicit medicine and doping substances from European markets. A California man who distributed smuggled tianeptine received a two-year sentence.
[...]PSM Advisory Board approves policy resolution on reimbursement practices and supply chain safety
PSM opposes the practice of reimbursing pharmacies below the cost of acquisition of medicine and supports efforts to reform reimbursement systems that eliminate this market dynamic that threatens the safety of our drug supply.
[...]February 12, 2024: Massachusetts doc who implanted patients with unapproved, imported medicine loses at trial
The government won prosecutions in Massachusetts and New Hampshire against defendants selling non-FDA approved drugs. A family warns about tianeptine. Pill presses in Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
[...]PSM applauds NNOAC statement of concern about Canadian drug importation
“We are deeply concerned about the impact importation of unapproved foreign prescription drugs will have on counterfeit medication in the United States, especially as FDA considers approving additional SIPs.”
[...]February 5, 2024: eBay pays $59mm to settle federal pill press charges
DoJ alleged that eBay did not keep and submit required records to the DEA. Snap’s CEO spoke in support of the Cooper Davis Act. The FDA warned about copycat eye drops. Additional domestic and international news about fake and substandard medicine.
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