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Over 100 advocacy organizations urge WH and Congress not to endanger Americans with importation of non-FDA approved drugs

April 9, 2019
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Dear President Donald J. Trump, members of the United States Senate, and members of the United States House of Representatives:

As organizations that represent thousands of law enforcement, healthcare professionals, patient advocates, taxpayer organizations, business groups, and consumer interest groups, we are writing to express our deep concerns with and opposition to proposals to import non-FDA-approved medications that would endanger the health and safety of our communities…

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Arizona’s Counterfeit Pill Problem Expands

April 8, 2019
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On March 15th, two different busts in Arizona highlighted the problems the Grand Canyon State is having with counterfeit pills.

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ACTION: Tell the Florida legislature not to skip safety.

April 7, 2019

SPEAK UP: Tell Florida Legislators That Buying Non FDA Approved Drugs From Canada Isn’t Safe For Florida Patients, And Won’t Save Money. Instead They Should Be Taking On The Pharmacy Benefit Managers And Health Insurance Companies That Are Pocketing Hundreds Of Millions In Rebates And Inflating The Cost Of Medicine. What we need to know from Florida legislators Can you…

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Ohio Crime Laboratory Has Seen an Increase in Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl

April 4, 2019
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The Lake County Crime lab processed more than 250 counterfeit oxycodone tablets, and officials with the lab told the News Herald that such counterfeit pill discoveries are on the rise.

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Tampa Pharmacist Speaks Out Against Florida’s Drug Importation Proposal

April 3, 2019
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This editorial by Dan Fucarino was published in Florida Politics on April 1, 2019. Mr Fucarino is the owner and a pharmacist at Carrollwood Compounding Center & Pharmacy.

“The monetary rewards of Canadian prescriptions are just not worth their safety risks,” he warns. “I urge Florida legislators to listen to health care experts on this issue rather than the understandable populist appeals and vote no on this dangerous legislation — and then get back to working on more productive ways to lower drug prices for Floridians. Thousands of Americans have been injured or killed by imported prescription drugs.”

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Black Market Medicines Can Ruin An HIV Patient’s Entire Drug Protocol

April 1, 2019
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Immunodeficient patients need to strictly adhere to our prescribed drug protocols because any slip could compromise our current treatment plans. Only purchasing FDA-approved medicines from licensed U.S pharmacies is an essential step in keeping ourselves as healthy as possible…

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Amelia Arnold, pharmacy operations manager for Community Pharmacies, Augusta, ME

Maine Pharmacist to Colorado: We found that importation doesn’t deliver quality or savings

March 29, 2019
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In this March 28, 2019 editorial for the La Junta Tribune-Democrat, Maine pharmacist Amelia Arnold explains her state’s experience with drug importation: “It is a concept that makes big promises in terms of quality and cost savings that it cannot, and will not, deliver on for the people of Colorado.”

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Drug Importation Claim vs. Fact At Florida Senate Subcommittee Hearing

March 27, 2019
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Experts and leadership from The Partnership for Safe Medicines were in Tallahassee, Florida on Monday, March 25th for a Senate hearing on an ill-advised Canadian drug importation bill. During the hearing, our team heard many false or misleading statements about the proposal to take medicine out of the Canadian medicine supply and ship it to Florida. Here’s a fact check of the most egregious ones…

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Maryland Resident Sentenced to More than Four Years in Prison For Selling Thousands of Fake Oxycodone Made with Fentanyl

March 27, 2019
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Simpson was accused of purchasing 10,000 counterfeit pills pressed to look like oxycodone but made with fentanyl.

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ACTION: Pharmacists tell the legislature that cheaper medicine isn’t cheaper if it’s not safe.

March 26, 2019

SPEAK UP: Tell Florida legislators that buying non FDA approved drugs from Canada isn’t safe for Florida patients, and won’t save money. Instead they should be taking on the Pharmacy Benefit Managers and health insurance companies that are pocketing hundreds of millions in rebates and inflating the cost of medicine. Why can’t Florida just import drugs from Canada? Florida has…

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