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Juan Gallinal, a former Virginia police officer, acted as the head of a Florida conspiracy that used a valid brick-and-mortar pharmacy as a cover for series of fake pharmacy websites that sold misbranded and addictive drugs. The owner of a fake online pharmacy business in Florida has been sentenced to eight years in prison, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reports.…
Read More28 year old Oakland resident David Beckford has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in producing and selling counterfeit Xanax pills. Beckford and his co-conspirators imported bulk medication and pill presses from China and other countries that they then turned into real-looking Xanax pills. Authorities found that he intended to put more than 150,000 fake pills…
Read MoreThe Justice Department, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are concerned about Americans illegally purchasing prescription medicines from foreign sources. According to News Channel 10, investigations are underway to protect Americans from these potentially dangerous substances. The Justice Department has been looking at the data and as more American order prescriptions drugs…
Read MoreThis is a reprint of an FDA Alert. When a company announces a recall, market withdrawal, or safety alert, the FDA posts the company’s announcement as a public service. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company. For Immediate Release February 7, 2017 Contact Consumers (718)366-2300 Kingsway Trading Inc. of Brooklyn, NY is recalling its 1.06 oz (30g)…
Read MoreProtect Access to Safe Prescription Medicines The United States Senate is currently considering proposals that could open our nation’s drug supply to unsafe and counterfeit drugs. Contact your legislators by selecting the appropriate letter below and tell them to oppose dangerous proposals like importation that endanger the U.S. drug supply and put patients’ lives at risk. Patients – Take Action!…
Read MoreDoctors Prosecuted for Buying Misbranded or Counterfeit Prescription Medicines, 2005—2016 Michael “Ted” Mimlitz, St. Louis, Missouri Pleaded guilty in January 2016 to charges related to distributing black market human growth hormone Sentenced to probation and to pay $89,500 in fines. Source: www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/blog/2016/04/doctor-gets-probation-for-giving-patients-mexican.html Gamal H. Eltabbakh, South Burlington, Vermont Agreed in February 2016 to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit related…
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Arizona resident Betty Hunter died of lung cancer, but how much longer would she have lived if her oncologist had not treated her with counterfeit Avastin? A recent Danish documentary tells the tragic story of Arizona grandmother Betty Hunter, who in 2011 sought treatment for her lung cancer at an oncology clinic in Chandler Arizona. In the documentary, “Lethal Fake…
Read MoreAn investigation into the corruption of former Governor Javier Duarte has uncovered allegations that children with cancer were treated in state-run hospitals in Veracruz with counterfeit chemotherapy medicines due to budget shortfalls and lack of resources caused by his administration. The BBC reports, that when tested, the counterfeit chemotherapy drugs came back as an inert compound. Essentially, it was distilled…
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Since 2012, the FDA has issued warnings to more than 3,000 doctors, clinics and hospitals about eight different breaches in the U.S. drug supply chain by rogue distributors such as Richards Pharma, Canada Drugs, Medical Device King, Gallant Pharmaceuticals, and TC Medical. These rogue distributors offered 63 different non-FDA approved medicines. Have you or has someone you know taken medicine that these smugglers have sold?
Read MoreThe 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, the U.S. Department of Justice…
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