Posts Tagged ‘Virginia’
Eli Lilly and Company v Capitol Contours LLC, Complaint
United States District Court District of Columbia Eli Lilly and Company v Capitol Contours LLC Complaint June 20, 2024 Read the document.
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Virginia: Counterfeit opioids, adulterated supplements, bootlegged steroids, and other fake drugs Download our January 2021 PDF Download our information sheet about counterfeit drug activity in Virginia and consult the updates below. State incident summaries January – December 2022 Counterfeit News in VirginiaMan sentenced to prison for selling fentanyl to undercover FCPD officer | FFXnowNovember 15,…
[...]State Boards of Pharmacy weigh in against importing drugs from Canada
Pharmacy boards, which ensure the safety of prescription medicines at the state level, have been sending letters to Congress to expressing significant safety concerns about legislation that would legalize drug importation.
[...]AUSA Lindsay Kelly Tells the Story of Gallant Pharma Prosecution at Interchange 2014
The second panel of the day at Interchange 2014, titled “Patient Safety and Criminal Prosecutions in the U.S.” featured federal prosecutors who provided insights into their recent counterfeit and misbranded drug prosecutions. AUSA Lindsay Kelly told the Interchange 2014 audience how Gallant Pharma operated. “Their competitors were the other illegal companies. They [Gallant Pharma] were trying to distinguish themselves in that market by saying ‘we actually have offices here, we can give you everything overnight delivery,’ and they had a sales force that actually set out recruiting doctors as patients, just like the legitimate pharmaceutical companies.”
[...]Co-Owner of Black Market Pharmaceutical Wholesaler Gallant Pharma Sentenced to 3 Years, Fined $3.4 Million.
Syed “Farhan” Huda, co-owner of Gallant Pharma International, is one of 12 people convicted for their roles in operating a vast unlicensed pharmaceutical wholesale operation from suburban Virginia. Last year, Huda pleaded guilty to illegal importation, introducing misbranded drugs, unlicensed medical wholesaling and wire fraud. Five months after pleading guilty to charges that he was…
[...]Guilty Pleas for Workers and Owners of Illegal Pharmaceutical Wholesaler in Virginia
In August 2013, the Department of Justice announced indictments of eleven people involved in running an unlicensed pharmaceutical wholesale business out of suburban Virginia. To date, seven employees of Gallant Pharma International, along with one of its co-owners have pleaded guilty to charges of importing and distributing non-FDA approved injectable medications via their unlicensed wholesale…
[...]Illegal Pharmaceutical Wholesaler in Virginia that Posed As Canadian Shuttered After Indictment of Owners
11 people have been indicted in an $8.6 million prescription drug importation scheme. Gallant Pharma International allegedly imported non-FDA approved drugs into the United States, then repackaged the drugs with US labels. Gallant Pharma posed as a Canadian pharmaceutical company shipping low-cost drugs from Canada to the U.S. The drugs sold by Gallant Pharma, including…
[...]Counterfeit Medicine Captured by Police in Virginia Stores
Fairfax County Virginia police seized thousands of doses of prescription medication from stores throughout the county in early December 2011. Stores primarily catering to the Latino population were found in possession of illegal painkillers, birth control pills, antibiotics and other medications allegedly counterfeit according to police authorities, reported the Fairfax Times. Medications were sold by…
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