May 13, 2024: Fentanyl pill seizures tripled from 2021 to 2023, says the DEA

May 13, 2024

DEA seizures of fentanyl pills tripled between 2021 and 2023. The CDC narrowed the scope of the counterfeit Botox outbreak to nine states. Additional news about counterfeit medicine in seven states.

Read More
TikTok screen shoit showing woman holding what looks like an Ozempic pan and its packaging

May 6, 2024: Woman develops lesions from weight loss injectable sold to her via TikTok

May 6, 2024

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.

Read More

April 29, 2024: Extradition challenges continue to hamper prosecution of dangerous pill traffickers

April 29, 2024

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.

Read More

NABP RogueRx Activity Report examines illegal sales of injectable weight loss drugs

April 24, 2024

The NABP reports that illegal actors are selling desperate patients substandard and counterfeit versions of the new generation of weight loss medicine.

Read More

FDA Alert: Florida Company’s Dietary Supplement Recalled for Containing Prescription Drug Ingredients

April 23, 2024

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.

Read More
Video cover showing New York map with NYC inset. Title is Lux Lifestyle Fueled by Med Crimes

April 22, 2024: NY federal courts close cases involving fraud, second-hand HIV meds

April 22, 2024

The Southern District of New York sentenced criminals from two separate HIV drug diversion rings.

Read More

FDA alert: Counterfeit version of Botox found in multiple states

April 16, 2024

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.

Read More

PSM asks major online pharmacy sales platforms for information

April 15, 2024

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…

Read More

April 15, 2024: Fake Botox investigation expands to five states; six hospitalized

April 15, 2024

Cases of a botulism-like illness linked to cosmetic injections have been reported in Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Washington.

Read More

Florida’s final submission: November 2023 documents for its Canadian drug importation program

April 12, 2024

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.

Read More