• FTC Says PBM's Drive Up Drug Prices
    Nov 21 2024

    Have you read the FTC's complaint about pharmacy benefit managers and insulin prices? Learn how PBM business practices hurt pharmacies and American patients.

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    2 mins
  • CBP and FDA in Ohio Seized $270K in Fake and Unapproved Medications
    Nov 21 2024

    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.

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    2 mins
  • Prescription Drug Affordability Boards, Upper Payment Limits, and the Drug Supply Chain
    Nov 18 2024

    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.

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    39 mins
  • DSCSA Exemptions
    Oct 29 2024

    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.

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    35 mins
  • Fake Ozempic in a Mexican Pharmacy
    Oct 28 2024

    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.

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    2 mins
  • Fake Botox Recap
    Oct 21 2024

    When/how did counterfeit Botox turn into a full-blown public health emergency in the United States?

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    2 mins
  • Black Market Med Scammers Back At It
    Sep 20 2024

    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.

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    2 mins
  • Virginia Med Spa Owner Pleads Guilty
    Sep 16 2024

    Don't inject yourself with anything bought via social media. That goes double for receiving injections from someone who bought them on the darkweb.

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    2 mins