National Association of Manufacturers Exec warns, “Importation Proposals Disguise Serious Risks”

January 31, 2019

In this January 30, 2019 editorial, which was published in the National Association of Manufacturer’s Shopfloor blog, Vice President of Infrastructure Robyn Boerstling warns that even though legislators have good intentions, importation could “result in disastrous outcomes.”

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Police Arrest Bridgewater, Massachusetts Man A Second Time For Selling Fake Pills Made with Fentanyl

January 28, 2019

For the second time in less than a year, police arrested John Bagley of Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He allegedly sold counterfeit pills made with fentanyl both times…

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Oregon Man Purchased 86,000 Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Laced With Fentanyl

January 25, 2019

A case brought against an Oregon resident by the U.S. Department of Justice reached its conclusion. Jared Gillespie will spend 97 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to five counts. He purchased tens of thousands of counterfeit oxycodone pills online to sell in his home state…

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Woman Arrested By Police In Grand Junction, Colorado Was In Possession Of Fake Pills Made of Fentanyl

January 24, 2019

While arresting a Grand Junction, Colorado woman on an outstanding warrant, a police K-9 indicated the presence of narcotics in her vehicle. Inside Marie Matos’s car, police discovered two bags filled with hundreds of pills whose markings indicate that they should be oxycodone. However, “based on training, experience and knowledge of this case these are fentanyl pills”…

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Importation Is Too Risky, Warns Former FDA Associate Commissioner

January 23, 2019

In a January 23, 2019 editorial published in The Hill Peter Pitts, a former FDA associate commissioner and the president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, explains why the safety risks of importation far outweigh any savings.

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Memphis Man Found In Possession Of Thousands Of Counterfeit Pills

January 23, 2019

Police in Memphis, Tennessee arrested Michael Abraham after receiving a tip that he was about to receive a shipment of counterfeit pills. After the package was delivered, police executed a search warrant on the residence and seized over 13,000 counterfeit pills…

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FDA Alert: UPDATED: Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Losartan Potassium Tablets, USP and Losartan Potassium and Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets, USP

January 22, 2019

The impurity detected in the active ingredient for Losartan is N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA), which is a substance that occurs naturally in certain foods, drinking water, air pollution, and industrial processes, and has been classified as a probable human carcinogen as per international Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classification. Torrent is only recalling lots of losartan containing products that contain Nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) above the acceptable daily intake levels released by the FDA.

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Known Drug Traffickers Caught Shipping 12,000 Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills to Alaska

January 21, 2019

What started out as a traffic stop in southern California ended up with the arrest of two men and the seizure of a package that contained thousands of counterfeit pills that tested positive for fentanyl. All those pills plus other illicit narcotics were destined for an address in Alaska…

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Caseloads Created By The Opioid Crisis Taking A Toll On Coroners And Medical Examiners

January 18, 2019

Coroners and medical examiners do more than just rule on the cause and manner of death. They also photograph scenes, collect physical evidence with law enforcement, transport the bodies for autopsies, and notify the next of kin. With the increased workload due to the opioid crisis, some of these professionals and their budgets are being pushed to the edge…

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Law Enforcement Seized Hundreds Of Fentanyl Pills And Thousands Of Xanax In Alabama

January 17, 2019

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that an Alabama resident received a prison sentence of over 10 years after pleading guilty to possession, distribution and conspiracy to distribute hundreds of fake pills made with fentanyl and over 80,000 counterfeit Xanax pill…

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