Tag Archive for: Counterfeit

US: DEA sounds alarm: At least 7 mass incidents of fentanyl overdoses nationwide since January

Lisa McElhaney / / April 11, 2022 / News Alert

U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency Administrator Anne Milgram is sounding the alarm about a rise in fentanyl-related mass overdose deaths....

RI: 32-year-old arrested after allegedly supplying drugs in fatal overdose death

Lisa McElhaney / / April 2, 2022 / News Alert

Counterfeit pressed pills that tested positive for fentanyl. A local man has been arrested on a list of drug-related...

US: Law enforcement seizures of pills containing fentanyl increased dramatically between 2018-2021

Lisa McElhaney / / March 31, 2022 / Press Releases

NIH-supported research highlights growing, dangerous trend, particularly for people new to drug use Law enforcement seizures of pills containing...

MA: Cambridge-based Safe Chain Solutions implicated in massive counterfeit HIV drug scheme

Lisa McElhaney / / February 25, 2022 / News Alert

Pharmaceutical Distributor – Counterfeit HIV Drug Scheme Local pharmaceutical distributor Safe Chain Solutions and co-founders Charles and Patrick Boyd...

US: Pharmaceutical companies adopt technological interventions to counter counterfeiting

Lisa McElhaney / / February 21, 2022 / News Alert

Lack of visibility in the supply chain along with the absence of tools to establish a difference between an...

US: Government commission: Synthetic drug trafficking a ‘national security’ emergency

Lisa McElhaney / / February 10, 2022 / News Alert

Some experts say the commission didn’t go far enough and urged the U.S. to follow Canada’s lead. A government...

FL: Blackstone Labs Founder Sentenced for Conspiracy to Sell Anabolic Steroids and Unlawful Dietary Supplements

Lisa McElhaney / / January 27, 2022 / Press Releases

Selling products labelled as dietary supplements that actually contain controlled substances and unapproved drugs is illegal and potentially dangerous...

US: How fake Gilead HIV drugs ended up with patients

Lisa McElhaney / / January 20, 2022 / News Alert

Gilead has uncovered an unauthorized network selling counterfeit versions of its HIV drugs worth more than $US250m Gilead Sciences...

OH: Cincinnati CBP Stops Thousands of Fake IDs Leaving the U.S.

Lisa McElhaney / / January 12, 2022 / Press Releases

Fantasy and breeder documents are produced in the United States and shipped to countries on every continent. Since early...

TX: Nine Indicted in Counterfeit Promethazine-Codeine Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

Lisa McElhaney / / December 12, 2021 / Press Releases

The defendants conspired to traffic misbranded and counterfeit drugs, specifically promethazine-codeine cough syrup A federal grand jury in Beaumont...