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In this section: Drug Supply Chain Integrity

Supply Chain Integrity News

Below are news releases from FDA, Department of Justice, and Custom and Border Protection regarding breaches in the U.S. drug supply chain. Please see Cargo Theft for additional news.

2018

2017

2016

November 28, 2016: Iowa Oncologist Fined $176,000 To Settle False Claims Act Allegations
November 18, 2016: Palm Harbor Oncologist Convicted Of Buying Unapproved Cancer Medications From Foreign Sources And Defrauding Medicare
November 10, 2016: Nurse Who Operated Spa in Laguna Niguel Agrees to Plead Guilty to Illegally Dispensing Botox Not Approved for Use in United States
August 29, 2016: Greenville Medical Practice Receives Probationary Sentence and Agrees to Pay $300,000 to the United States
June 2, 2016: President of Pharmaceutical Companies Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison
April 29, 2016: Arrest of Black Market Distributor of Diverted HIV Medications (PDF - 141KB)
April 26, 2016: Federal Court Orders Seizure of 67 Website Domains
March 4, 2016: First of Seven Defendants Who Operated Illegal Online Pharmacy Sentenced to Prison

2015

July 15, 2015: Former Joplin Oncologist Sentenced for Dispensing Foreign Misbranded Drugs
July 15, 2015: Two Canadians Sentenced for Distributing Counterfeit and Adulterated Botox to Local Doctors
June 18, 2015: FDA Takes Action to Protect Consumers from Potentially Dangerous Counterfeit Medicines and Devices Sold Online
June 18, 2015: Operation Pangea: FDA's Role
April 16, 2015: Counterfeit Version of Botox Found in the United States
March 30, 2015: Former Joplin Oncologist Pleads Guilty to Dispensing Foreign, Misbranded Drugs
January 23, 2015: Second Turkish Man Sentenced for Smuggling Counterfeit Cancer Drugs

2014

October 28, 2014: Turkish Man Sentenced for Smuggling Counterfeit Cancer Drugs
October 6, 2014: Three Indicted in Prescription Drug Smuggling Ring
September 17, 2014: Three-Time Robber of Trucks Carrying Pharmaceuticals Exiled to 25 Years in Prison
August 18, 2014: Mayfield Village Doctor Forfeits $650,000 After Importing Misbranded Drugs
August 12, 2014: Turkish Man Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Adulterated Cancer Drugs
June 18, 2014: Somerset Oncology Practice and Office Manager Plead Guilty to Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act Offenses Related to Misbranded Cancer Treatment Drug
July 17, 2014: FedEx Indicted for its Role in Distributing Controlled Substances and Prescription Drugs
June 6, 2014: Supplier of Non-FDA-Approved Chemotherapy and Cosmetic Drugs Sentenced to 15 Months

June 5, 2014: Business pleads guilty to $3 million scheme to sell foreign versions of botox

May 22, 2014: FDA Targets Illegal Online Pharmacies In Globally Coordinated Action
May 9, 2014: Illegal Drug Company Gallant Pharma and Co-Founder Sentenced
April 30, 2014: Two Officers of Long Island Based Company Indicted for Sale of $17 Million Worth of Misbranded Prescription Drugs Including Counterfeit Cancer Drugs
March 7, 2014: Co-Leader of Illegal Drug Company Gallant Pharma Sentenced to 3 Years
January 30, 2014: New York Man Arrested on Charges He Conspired With Others Involving Sales of Illegally Diverted Prescription Drugs
January 29, 2014: Seven Oncologists Ordered to Pay Nearly $2.6 Million for Importing Unapproved Drugs

January 10, 2014: Guilty Plea in counterfeit Viagra and Cialis Case

2013

January 23, 2013: La Jolla Oncologist and Medical Practice Plead Guilty to Dispensing Unapproved Drugs

December 20, 2013: Fox Chapel Woman Sentenced to Probation for Smuggling Anti-Cancer Drugs into U.S. for Sale at Stanton-Negley Pharmacy
December 16, 2013: Federal Jury Convicts Greeneville Oncologist And Practice Manager Of Violating Food, Drug And Cosmetic Act - Cancer Clinic Purchased Unapproved Drugs For Three Years
December 13, 2013: Owner of Bluegrass Women’s Healthcare in Elizabethtown Ordered to Pay Victims $50,663.31 for Misbranding
September 19, 2013: Pittsburgh Oncology Practice Pleads Guilty to Buying Unapproved Foreign Drugs
August 12, 2013: Attorney General Conway Announces Sentencing of Grayson County Doctor for Use of Non-FDA Approved Birth Control Device
August 7, 2013: Eleven Charged in Alleged Illegal Pharmacological Import and Distribution Scheme
August 6, 2013: Two Men Charged in Texas and Arrested for Smuggling Counterfeit Viagra
July 23, 2013: Pensacola Man Indicted For Counterfeit “Viagra” Trafficking
July 12, 2013: Paul Daniel Bottomley Sentenced in U.S. District Court
July 11, 2013: English Citizen Sentenced for Distributing Adulterated and Counterfeit Cancer Drugs
June 27, 2013: FDA takes action to protect consumers from dangerous medicines sold by illegal online pharmacies
June 11, 2013: Johnson City Physician Sentenced to Serve Two Years in Prison for Unapproved Foreign Drugs
June 3, 2013: Illinois Man Sentenced to Serve 72 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Prescription Drugs Over the Internet
April 26, 2013: Fraudulent Versions of Botox Found in the United States

2012

August 10, 2012: South Carolina Pharmaceutical Distribution Company Pleads Guilty in Multi-Million Dollar Scheme to Purchase and Sell Drugs in the Grey Market
July 10, 2012: Another Counterfeit Cancer Medicine Found in U.S. – Illegal Practice Puts Patients At Risk
July 10, 2012: Counterfeit Version of Avastin in U.S. Distribution

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