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Drug importation is not a new idea.

November 7, 2018
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Drug Importation Is Not A New Idea, And It Is Not A Good One, Either–More Than A Decade Of Experience Has Shown It Is Dangerous

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Trio In Sacramento Sentenced For Illegally Importing And Selling Non FDA-Approved Drugs

November 7, 2018
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The California Attorney General announced sentences for three members of the Kybych family. The trio admitted to illegally importing non FDA-approved medicines from Russia and selling them to customers at their stores in the Sacramento area…

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Marcia Bergeron

November 6, 2018
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Marcia Bergeron died because her medicine contained heavy metals. Photo: National Review of Medicine

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Man Admits To Selling Counterfeit Xanax Pill That Killed A Connecticut Resident

November 6, 2018
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced a guilty plea from a Connecticut man who was distributing counterfeit Xanax. Data retrieved from the mobile phone of a Seymour resident that died led police to Kamil Golebiowski. In June 2017, two packages shipped from Canada to him were found to contain approximately 1,400 counterfeit Xanax…

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CNN Warns that Fake Drugs are a Global Industry That Puts Your Life at Risk

November 5, 2018
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In a Mosaic Science article shared by CNN, author Srinath Perur delves into the global pharmaceutical industry and discovers that in India, counterfeit and substandard medications are an everyday occurrence.

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Vendors Cited For Selling Misbranded And Counterfeit Drugs In St. Paul

November 2, 2018
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Reports made to the U.S. FDA of adverse reactions caused by items sold at a marketplace in St. Paul, Minnesota led to the seizure of misbranded and counterfeit drugs. While no one was arrested, citations were issued to multiple vendors…

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November 2, 2018
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Medications seized on October 10th during search of Hmong Market. Source: St. Paul Police Department

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Fake Oxycodone Dealer Indicted in San Diego After a Man Dies from Fentanyl Poisoning

October 31, 2018
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The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) have announced the arrest and indictment of a 23 year-old Highland, California man accused of selling counterfeit oxycodone pills that killed a La Jolla resident.

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PSM’s letter asking the President and Congress to protect Americans from dangerous, imported medicines

October 31, 2018
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Letter Asking the President And Congress to Protect Americans from Imported Drugs, October 30, 2018 Today, The Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM) sent a letter to President and Members of Congress urging them to protect Americans from the threat of unregulated, imported medicines flowing into our borders. October 30, 2018   Dear President Donald J. Trump, members of the United…

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Nevada Woman Charged With Selling Fake Fentanyl Pill That Killed A 26-Year-Old

October 31, 2018
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A Henderson, Nevada woman has been charged in federal court for allegedly selling the counterfeit oxycodone pills made with fentanyl that killed 26-year-old Christiana Kuerner on March 14, 2017. Assistant Special Agent in Charge Daniel Neill of the DEA said fentanyl seizures are increasing in the southern part of the state, with 20,000-30,000 pills being found at a time…

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