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Both Fake Online Pharmacies That Received FDA Warning Letters In March Have Finally Ceased Operations

July 31, 2019
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In March, the FDA issued two warning letters to websites selling misbranded prescription drugs. The first website, azmedicinalshop.com, quickly went offline, but the second, thedonrx.net, continued to operate for months before finally going dark…

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TheDonRx

July 30, 2019

A portion of TheDonRx’s website before it went offline

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ASOP Canada and 14 Other Canadian Patient Organizations Raise Alarm with Canadian Minister of Health on U.S. Drug Importation Proposals

July 30, 2019
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The Canadian branch of the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP), along with fourteen other Canadian patient advocacy organizations have written a letter to Canadian Health Minister, the Honorable Ginette Petitpas Taylor imploring her to prevent the United States from wiping out the Canadian prescription medication supply with their misguided importation proposals.

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July 30, 2019
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Canadian Stakeholder’s Letter to the Canadian Minister of Health, July 25, 2019

July 26, 2019
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Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies Canada, Best Medicines Coalition, Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Nurses Association, Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders, Canadian Pharmacists Association, Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Diabetes Canada, HealthcareCAN, Health Charities Coalition of Canada, McKesson Canada, Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada, OnPharm-United, and Shoppers Drug Mart/Loblaw Companies Limited, Letter to Canada’s Minister of Health,…

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July 26, 2019
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Pensacola, Florida Tattoo Parlor Owner Pleads Guilty to Selling Chinese-made Counterfeit Contact Lenses

July 25, 2019
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A Pensacola, Florida woman named Son Chu Gilliam has pleaded guilty to charges that she bought bulk counterfeit contact lenses from China and sold them through her tattoo parlor, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reports.

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Man Charged With Selling Fentanyl Pills That Killed Murray, Utah Woman

July 24, 2019
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A Utah man has pleaded not guilty to charges related to the distribution of fentany pills.  A complaint filed on July 3 alleges that he distributed more than 10,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills made with fentanyl over the course of 2016, and that a woman in Murray, Utah died of fentanyl poisoning after taking pills he sold her.

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Things we learned from sending a Freedom of Information Act request to Florida’s healthcare agency implementing importation

July 24, 2019
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PSM filed comments recently with the state of Florida’s healthcare agency that’s attempting to make the mess of Canadian drug importation work after the legislature passed it without any serious scrutiny. After we filed comments, we subsequently filed a request to see who else filed comments and we’re left now with more questions than answers. It looks like Ernst and…

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Show your support for legislation that would increase penalties for counterfeit medicines

July 24, 2019

Support higher criminal penalties for using pill presses to make counterfeit pills (letter closes August 25, 2019) After PSM published our pill press report, we heard from Rep. David Kustoff (Eighth Congressional district of Tennessee) that he was concerned about the proliferation of illegal pill presses and pill molds and the poor criminal penalties associated with this crime. His staff…

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