Stat News covered the fact that “Dozens of attorneys general urge FDA to crack down on counterfeit obesity drugs,” but it seemed as if those AGs were being … let’s call it “misled” into conflating unlicensed pharmacies with legitimate (state-licensed and -inspected) compounders.
Luckily APC was there to inject a bit of a reality check. For one, we pointed out that the attorneys general seemed to be saying that state-licensed compounding pharmacies might be selling counterfeit medications. Oh, really?
“If they have evidence supporting that dubious claim, I’d like to see it,” said CEO Scott Brunner, who went on:
“A pharmacy could not for long get away with any sort of illicit activity without losing its license — and indeed, we’ve seen no uptick in censuring of pharmacies by regulatory bodies on this particular issue. I would urge the AGs not to lump legitimate pharmacies in with lawbreakers.”