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May 6, 2024: Woman develops lesions from weight loss injectable sold to her via TikTok
A New York woman has been charged with selling illegally imported weight loss drugs on TikTok. The U.S. Senate is considering legislation to ban tianeptine. A counterfeit Xanax vendor in Missouri was sentenced. More news in California, Colorado, Louisiana, and Texas.
[...]April 29, 2024: Extradition challenges continue to hamper prosecution of dangerous pill traffickers
After lengthy waits, men in two separate cases were extradited and have been sentenced for illegal sales of controlled medicines. Courts are still waiting on a Canadian man accused of selling 15 million fake Xanax pills to U.S. buyers. Biden signed the FEND Off Fentanyl Act. NABP released a report about illegal sales of GLP-1 agonists.
[...]NABP RogueRx Activity Report examines illegal sales of injectable weight loss drugs
The NABP reports that illegal actors are selling desperate patients substandard and counterfeit versions of the new generation of weight loss medicine.
[...]FDA Alert: Florida Company’s Dietary Supplement Recalled for Containing Prescription Drug Ingredients
STOP CLOPEZ CORP is voluntarily recalling one lot of Schwinnng capsules to the consumer level. FDA analysis has found the Schwinnng products to contain Nortadalafil. Nortadalafil is an active drug ingredient known for the treatment of male erectile dysfunction. The presence of Nortadalafil in Schwinnng capsules makes it an unapproved new drug for which the safety and efficacy have not been established and, therefore subject to recall.
[...]April 22, 2024: NY federal courts close cases involving fraud, second-hand HIV meds
The Southern District of New York sentenced criminals from two separate HIV drug diversion rings.
[...]FDA alert: Counterfeit version of Botox found in multiple states
The products appear to have been purchased from unlicensed sources. Medications purchased from unlicensed sources may be misbranded, adulterated, counterfeit, contaminated, improperly stored and transported, ineffective and/or unsafe.
[...]PSM asks major online pharmacy sales platforms for information
PSM asks major online pharmacy sales platforms for information Today, the Partnership for Safe Medicines wrote to the leading online platforms that enable pharmacy-to-pharmacy drug sales to address a potential danger to the safety of the drug supply. PSM is concerned that counterfeit and diverted medication might be sold on online pharmacy-to-pharmacy platforms by criminals…
[...]April 15, 2024: Fake Botox investigation expands to five states; six hospitalized
Cases of a botulism-like illness linked to cosmetic injections have been reported in Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Washington.
[...]Florida’s final submission: November 2023 documents for its Canadian drug importation program
The state of Florida provided these FOIA-responsive documents to PSM for the state’s final and ultimately approved application to establish a Canadian drug importation program.
[...]U.S. officials warn about botulism-like illness linked to counterfeit Botox
People in nine states sought medical treatment and some were hospitalized after receiving injections of fake Botox in what the CDC has characterized as “non-medical settings.”
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