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A settlement has been agreed upon by a New York ophthalmologist and the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve civil charges that the doctor used non FDA-approved medications on his patients, but billed Medicare as if he was using FDA-approved drugs. The doctor will pay nearly $7 back to Medicare…
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Fat Burners Zone is voluntarily recalling 1 lot of Zero Xtreme, capsules to the consumer level. FDA analysis has found Zero Xtreme to be tainted with sibutramine. Sibutramine is an appetite suppressant that was withdrawn from the U.S. market due to safety concerns.
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A former doctor in Oregon received her sentence in federal court after she admitted to injecting patients with illegal foreign-sourced beauty treatments in her home. Brenda Roberts of Troutdale had previously surrendered her license to practice medicine, and a judge sentenced her to probation and community service…
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State Resources: Counterfeit Incident Summaries The Partnership for Safe Medicines has been developing short fact sheets that summarize recent counterfeit medicine incidents by state. Click on your state to download a copy and review PSM’s coverage of counterfeit drug news in your state. If your state is not here, check back with us soon; we are still working on them.…
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