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Safe Medicines: True Crime and Medicine Safety

The Partnership for Safe Medicines

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As long as there have been pharmaceuticals, there has been pharmaceutical crime. The Partnership for Safe Medicines is a coalition of patients, manufacturers, pharmacists, and distributors that all support greater awareness of the dangers of counterfeit medicine. The Pharmaceutical Crime podcast covers crime, raising the profile of the agencies that go after counterfeit criminals. We also cover policies, current and proposed, that might increase or decrease the danger of counterfeits. Learn ...
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Prescription Drug Affordability Boards (PDABs) has started popping up in states looking to establish upper payment limits on prescription drug prices. But will they also create barriers to medication access? Listen to PSM's Executive Director Shabbir Safdar and CEO of the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations, Krystalyn Weaver's conversa…
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Listen to Mark Karhoff of Ten Count Consulting and PSM's Executive Director Shabbir Safdar explain the reasoning behind the FDA announced exemptions for connected trading partners and small dispensers as the agency approaches the full implementation of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act.Kirjoittanut The Partnership for Safe Medicines
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Eli Lilly issued an open letter in June about counterfeit and poorly compounded versions of Mounjaro and Zepbound, its injected diabetes and obesity treatments. Watch to learn what Lilly said about the dangers to patients, and make sure that you and you loved ones are getting safe treatments.Kirjoittanut The Partnership for Safe Medicines
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International Mail Facilities can now destroy refused devices valued at $2,500 or less instead of returning them to sender, just to have them sent back again. Counterfeit pill dies, fake diabetes test strips and other fakes now have harder time getting to US patients.Kirjoittanut The Partnership for Safe Medicines
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In a recent interview in Glamour Magazine, a woman described what happened to her after she received a counterfeit Botox injection at a Manhattan spa. Her testimony is a reminder of exactly how dangerous black market Botox is. Watch, and learn more on our website, safemedicines.org.Kirjoittanut The Partnership for Safe Medicines
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Have you heard about Prescription Drug Affordability Boards in your state? What do their upper payment limits mean for you as a patient? Learn how you'll be affected by them in this engaging conversation between Krystalyn K. Weaver, the CEO of the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations and PSM's Executive Director.…
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In this emergency podcast recorded on Friday, April 21, former prosecutor Sam Louis, pharmaceutical wholesale and traceability expert Ron Bone, and PSM's executive director Shabbir Imber Safdar discuss what is likely happening in the case now, and talk about previous Botox cases. What are the investigators likely hunting for at this moment, and wha…
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In February, Alabama resident Sherri McCain agreed to plead guilty to mailing illegally imported prescription drugs like Xanax, gabapentin and tramadol. From 2017 to 2021 she accepted bulk packages of the drugs and reshipped them to buyers in 25 states.Kirjoittanut The Partnership for Safe Medicines
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Last month law enforcement in Delhi, India broke up a multi-million dollar counterfeit oncology drug ring that sold thousands of vials of fake cancer treatments that were actually filled with an anti-fungal. They sold the medicines to drugstores, patients and medical tourists in India but the fake medicines also reached China and the U.S.…
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On February 19 Safe Chain Solutions, LLC agreed to forfeit $2.7 million to settle a lawsuit with Gilead Sciences over the alleged distribution of secondhand HIV medicines to licensed U.S. pharmacies. GIlead named the company as part of a ring that sold 85,000 bottles of counterfeit HIV medicine to licensed U.S. pharmacies. Learn more about fake HIV…
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Etsy is an online marketplace that most people associate with vintage and handcrafted items. However, there is also a thriving trade in chemicals on the site, and some vendors sell homemade versions of highly regulated pharmaceuticals. They are sold with a thin veneer of plausible deniability in clear violation of Etsy's policies. When vendors list…
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Though it sounds great, the ways in which Prescription Drug Affordability Boards are operating have negative implications for patients, funding of 340B programs, pharmacies, and the safety of the supply chain. PSM's Shabbir Imber Safdar and CANN CEO Jen Laws go in depth to talk about what PDABs are, how the tools they have create unintended consequ…
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Listen to our congressional briefing panels! In May 2022, PSM joined experts for an online congressional briefing to discuss the implications of Canadian and foreign prescription drug importation proposals on our ongoing ability to protect the U.S. drug supply. Speakers: Shabbir Imber Safdar, Executive Director, PSM Dr. Kenneth McCall, Pharmacist &…
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Over the past decade, PBMs have been cutting the reimbursements pharmacies receive for the medicine they dispense to insured patients into smaller and smaller amounts. In many places, those reimbursements don’t fully cover the acquisition cost of medicine. Pharmacies now routinely dispense medication that they lose money on. This is by design. A ph…
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Arizona-based Nootropics Depot will pay a forfeiture of $2.4 million for selling a bunch of unapproved drugs, including tianeptine, an antidepressant that's not approved in the U.S. but shows up in supplements. In fact, nine states have banned tianeptine because it's addictive and caused seizures, loss of consciousness and death.…
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A federal grand jury in California indicted two men for their alleged roles in a darknet-based drug trafficking scheme that sold over 120,000 fentanyl pills and 20 pounds of methamphetamine to approximately 1400 customers in all 50 states. Two additional men, Rajiv Srinivasan and Michael Ta, pleaded guilty for their roles in the ring earlier this y…
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On January 31, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that eBay had agreed to pay $59 million to settle allegations it had not followed recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the sale of pill presses and encapsulating machines that are specified in the Controlled Substances Act. The $59 million settlement is a signal to other online market…
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Senator Mike Braun, the ranking member on the Senate Special Committee on Aging released a report examining the four-fold increase in overdose deaths among Americans 65 and older over the last 20 years. The report recommended increased research into the problem, as well as specific outreach educating seniors about counterfeit medicines made with fe…
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