Posts Tagged ‘Iowa’
Cancer Center Pharmacist in Iowa Worries Drug Importation Will Harm His Patients
This editorial by Dana McDougall was published in The Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier on August 26, 2019. Mr. McDougall, Pharm.D., BCPS, is a pharmacist with the Covenant Cancer Treatment Center in Waterloo, Iowa.
[...]Iowa Pair Sentenced For Selling Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Purchased Online That Contained Carfentanil
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Waverly, Iowa residents Evan Sage and Cameron Lensmeyer will spend a combined 11 years in prison after they purchased what they thought were oxycodone pills online. After police arrested the pair, tests showed the pills to be counterfeit. Some contained cyclopropyl fentanyl and some contained carfentanil…
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The Deadly Counterfeit Drug Trade Thrives in Iowa Download our PDF Download our information sheet about counterfeit drug incidents in Iowa and consult the updates below. State incident summaries July 2022 – January 2023 Counterfeit News in IowaDes Moines woman sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl resulting in deathDecember 10,…
[...]Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills Harming Iowa Residents
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa issued a warning to residents about counterfeit pills made with fentanyl being sold on the streets around the state. Shortly after this announcement, the DOJ announced guilty pleas from two Waverly residents charged with selling counterfeit pills made with carfentanil and cyclopropyl fentanyl that they purchased off the Internet…
[...]Iowa Oncologist Pays $176,460 Fine in Illegally Imported Cancer Drugs Case
Dr. Magdy Elsawy has admitted to no wrongdoing in his settlement, however it was originally alleged he provided non-FDA approved cancer medications to his patients, defrauded Medicare, and provided treatments to patients that were more complex than needed or entirely medically unneeded. North Iowa Today is reporting that the owner and lead physician at Hematology…
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