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Partnership for Safe Medicines’ Statement on New Drug Importation Bills

January 10, 2019
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Washington, D.C. (January 10, 2019) – Marv Shepherd, President of the Partnership for Safe Medicines, released the following statement today in response to new legislation, the “Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act,” and the “Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019” which would allow medicines to be imported into the United States from foreign countries: “Proposals like…

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Raid In British Columbia, Canada Turns Up A Pill Press And Over 100 Different Pill Dyes

January 8, 2019
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Counterfeit pills continue to be a problem in Canada. In Surrey, British Columbia, a raid in November turned up a drug manufacturing lab that contained a pill press and dyes for over 100 different pills. A high school both in that province and another in Ontario have also recently experienced issues of students overdosing from counterfeit Xanax pills…

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FDA Alert: Happy Together, Inc. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Product Due to Presence of Undeclared Sildenafil and Tadalafil

January 8, 2019
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Happy Together, Inc. Boynton Beach, FL is voluntarily recalling all lots within expiry of the Rhino 5k capsules to the consumer level. FDA analysis founds these products to be tainted with sildenafil and Tadalafil. Sildenafil/Tadalafil is an FDA approved drug for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, the presence of sildenafil in the Rhino 5k products renders them unapproved drugs for which safety and efficacy have not been established, therefor subject to recall.

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Fake Fentanyl Pills Sold By Social Media Influencer Contributed To Woman’s Death

January 7, 2019
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Police arrested a social media influencer in southern California who allegedly sold the counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl that contributed to the July 2018 death of a woman in Ramona. Information led police to arrest Michael Steen and charge him with transportation of a controlled narcotic and possession of narcotics for sale…

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Clandestine Fentanyl Producing Lab Found In Mexico City

January 4, 2019
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According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, China has been the primary source of illicit fentanyl for years. However, recent busts in Mexico show that the cartels no longer need to rely on China for fentanyl. They are able to synthesize the drug from its precursor chemicals themselves…

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ACTION: President Trump: Don’t let Democrats allow drug importation to bring fentanyl and fake drugs into the country.

December 20, 2018

  Secure our Borders Criminals like the Sinaloa drug cartel and Chinese smugglers are in the business of killing Americans. Don’t let Democrats in Congress open our borders to drug importation and make smuggling deadly fentanyl even easier. Tell President Trump and your Senators to stand up to Democrats who want to weaken our borders and let in fake medicine…

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ACTION: Don’t let the White House treat medicine like they’ve treated clean air and water!

December 20, 2018

    We Need the FDA EPA used to equal clean air and water. Don’t let the White House gut the FDA and pollute the secure drug supply chain with importation. We know the White House has gutted the EPA and dismantled consumer protections.  Don’t let the Trump Administration gut drug safety standards too. Drug importation proposals would bypass the…

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Multi-State Counterfeit Pill Drug Trafficking Organization Halted by 400+ Law Enforcement Officers on December 5th and 6th

December 20, 2018
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A series of drug seizures by the Bremerton Police Department last year has led Federal authorities to a massive drug trafficking organization that was responsible for bringing thousands of counterfeit oxycodone pills made with fentanyl into Skagit and Snohomish counties.

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Thousands of Fake Pills Purchased From China Shipped To Man In New York State

December 19, 2018
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced a guilty plea from a Rochester, New York man who purchased thousands of counterfeit pills from China and had them shipped to his home. U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized one package on its way to Samuel McFarland in April 2017 that contained over 3,000 pills. In January 2018, a second package contained almost as many pills was found to be headed to his home…

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Iowa Pair Sentenced For Selling Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Purchased Online That Contained Carfentanil

December 18, 2018
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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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