Posts Tagged ‘drug importation’
Affordable Prescription Drug Options Already Exist in Your Town
Americans have been talking about saving money on medicine by importing drugs from Canada for years and circulating price comparison tables to prove their point. In the past few days, this graphic has been making the rounds; The Partnership for Safe Medicines staff wondered whether these prices were accurate, and so we checked them by…
[...]NABP Warns Congress About Canadian Online Pharmacies, February 10, 2017
A clandestine fake drug factory in Colombia washes empty medication bottles before filling them with counterfeit Tazocin, a prescription antibiotic. Photo courtesy of Pfizer. On February 10th, 2017, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacies wrote a letter to the U.S. Congress about the risks associated with Canadian online pharmacies. The letter, below in text…
[...]Two Louisiana Men Sentenced for Filling Orders for a Fake Online Pharmacy Scam
The two men acted as U.S. distributors for a series of Thailand-based fake online pharmacy websites that sold imported and non-FDA approved medication to U.S. consumers. Troy Tapia and Anthony Rouse III of Louisiana have each been sentenced to three years probation after pleading guilty to fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering,…
[...]Cosmetic Injectable Treatments Now Used to Treat Dozens of Ailments so Fakes Poses A Danger to More U. S. Patients
In 2016 alone, over 1,400 practitioners were warned by the FDA that their supplier was selling unapproved so-called “Botox.” With more than 2,400 professionals warned in the past 5 years, the expansion of use for this medication provides new markets for counterfeiters selling fake and misbranded drugs. Botulinum neurotoxin, or Botox as it is known,…
[...]Neurology Associates of Greenville Sentenced in Misbranded Botox Case
South Carolina medical practice prosecuted for buying non-FDA approved injectable cosmetic treatments. A medical practice in Greenville, South Carolina has been sentenced to 3 years of federal probation for treating patients with non-FDA approved Botox, a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release reported on the occasion of the sentencing. According to the DOJ, “Records obtained…
[...]St. Louis Doctor Gets Probation for Treating Patients with Drugs Bought from Fake Online Pharmacy
Dr. Mimlitz specialized in treating men who complained of a lack of energy. His treatments were actually unapproved drugs from South Korea purchased from Mexico via Internet sources. A Saint Louis medical doctor, Dr. Michael Mimlitz, has pleaded guilty to charges of introducing misbranded drugs into Interstate commerce, according to his waiver of indictment. According…
[...]Owner of Counterfeit Drug Importer Medical Device King Sentenced to 5 Years in Jail
Update: On December 13, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated William Scully’s conviction because a lower court “declined to allow Scully to introduce evidence at his 2015 trial showing he sought legal advice about importing drugs with foreign labels from one of his lawyers.” Ultimately Scully pleaded guilty to one charge of…
[...]How Fake Drug Importer Gallant Pharma’s D.C. Address Gave it a Veneer of Legitimacy
Though their medication it sold was neither FDA-approved nor legally imported, Gallant Pharma was able to pass itself off as a legitimate pharmaceutical supplier simply by basing their operation in a Washington D. C. suburb, and claiming their drugs were sourced from Canada. When the Department of Justice (DOJ) originally announced the indictment of 11…
[...]Florida Businessman Sentenced in Counterfeit Drug Distribution Case
A Tampa Federal court has sentenced Robert Lohr to 21 months in federal prison for conspiracy to smuggle misbranded and counterfeit drugs into the United States. He was also required to forfeit over $900,000 in profits. He had pleaded guilty in January. Lohr operated a business called “Canadian American Drug Club” or “American Drug Club…
[...]Louisiana Woman Convicted of Selling Chinese-made “Natural” Supplements Containing Sibutramine
Darlene Krueger and her co-conspirators sold Chinese-made, “all-natural” weight loss supplements via website and mail order sales. Operating out of Louisiana and Florida, Krueger repackaged and sold bulk illicit medications containing the banned weight-loss drug sibutramine, which she then passed off as herbal supplements to her unsuspecting customers. On March 23, 2016, The Food and…
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