“That's taxpayer’s money that is going to support research and development and pilot projects to develop a food system that is based on environmental destruction and greed and disregard for animals, fish, and any of the other marine mammals that might be around it.” - Andrianna Natsoulas Andrianna Natsoulas is the campaign director for Don't Cage Our Oceans, an organization that exists to keep our oceans free from industrial fish farms. Offshore finfish farming is the mass cultivation of finfish in marine waters, in underwater or floating net pens, pods, and cages. Offshore finfish farms are factory farms that harm public health, the environment, and local communities and economies that rely on the ocean and its resources. Don’t Cage Our Oceans are a coalition of diverse organizations working together to stop the development of offshore finfish farming in the United States through federal law, policies, and coalition building. And, although it is not yet happening, right now the US Administration and Congress are promoting this kind of farming, which would be nothing short of disastrous for the oceans, the planet and the people and animals who live here. dontcageouroceans.org…
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 more at our website at safemedicines.org.
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 more at our website at safemedicines.org.
In December the WHO warned about counterfeit versions of the cancer drug Imfinzi in Armenia, Lebanon and Turkey. The drugs have no active ingredient. If you’re here in the US you may be thinking, “What do sketchy drugs there have to do with me??” Well, medicine online can come from anywhere in the world. Watch and keep with with news like this at safemedicines.org.…
Our latest PSM podcast digs into the FTC's Second Interim Staff Report on Prescription Drug Middlemen and how independent pharmacists are getting squeezed by rapacious PBMs. with Garth Reynolds, BSPharm, RPh, MBA, FAPhA, Executive Director of the Illinois Pharmacists Association. Shabbir Safdar, Executive Director, Partnership for Safe Medicines…
In December federal prosecutors announced the arrest of Xiaofei “Sophie” Chen at a trade show held in Vegas last October. Chen is a Chinese national accused of illegally supplying U.S. customers with pill presses and counterfeit pill molds. Find out more about this case!
A California resident took in over a million dollars selling workout supplements called SARMs and prescription drugs--including Viagra and semaglutide--under the label Warrior Labz. Listen to learn more.
The American Diabetes Association has released a patient safety alert that warns about counterfeits, illegally-compounded, and other compounded GLP-1 injections made with non-FDA approved ingredients. Learn more at safemedicines.org
Have you read the FTC's complaint about pharmacy benefit managers and insulin prices? Learn how PBM business practices hurt pharmacies and American patients.
CBP published a summary of what they and agents with the FDA found in a week looking for fake medicines at the Port of Cincinnati. Let’s take a look at what they found.
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 conversation with Brian Mayo, Executive Director of the Oregon State Pharmacy Association, and Leah Lindahl, VP for Government Affairs at the Healthcare Distribution Association as they discuss what PDABs could do to an already stressed independent pharmacy community.…
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.
Mexican border pharmacies have a long tradition of selling U.S. tourist fake medicine, and a recent Reuters piece shows that they're selling counterfeit Ozempic, too.
You would think injunctions and expensive settlements would stop black market HIV drug schemes, especially after some schemers were jailed. You would be wrong about that.
Patients are being harmed by compounded semaglutide, and dosing errors appear to be the culprit. That’s what the FDA said in a letter that the agency sent out at the end of July.
Pulmosil injections, a prescription drug used for ED treatment in India has been found to be contaminated with fungus. Fungal contamination introduced via injection is particularly dangerous.
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