Counterfeit Products In The News:
Lawmakers Press Amazon on Sales of Chemical Used in Suicides
Feb 04, 2022 - By Megan Twohey and Gabriel J.X. Dance - NYT
Even as grieving families tried to warn Amazon and other e-commerce sites of the danger, there were more purchases and more deaths.
Amazon Adds Prescription Drugs To Its Counterfeit And Scam Laden Marketplace
Nov 18, 2020 - By TCR Press Release
Amazon has added another goal in slugging its way to retail dominance; Amazon launched its own online pharmacy to deliver prescription drugs.
Amazon Counterfeit Prescription Pill Dies Tied To Three Deaths
Jun 23, 2020 - By TCR Press Release
Pill manufacturing equipment, binding powder, and counterfeit pill dies purchased from Amazon tied to three deaths and massive number of overdoses.
Twitter Blocks Consumer Warnings On Deadly Counterfeit Oxycodone
Jul 27, 2019 - By TCR Press Release
Inexplicably, for the second time in just a month, Twitter has censored warnings on potentially deadly counterfeits and shuttered The Counterfeit Report's Twitter account. Why?
Counterfeit Oxycodone Prescription Pill Dies Sold On Amazon
Jul 26, 2019 - By TCR Press Release
For what possible legitimate reason are prescription pill dies offered for sale on Amazon? Counterfeit Oxycodone replica M30 pills sold in the San Diego area are believed to be linked to four overdose deaths.
Amazon Adds To America's Drug and Opioid Crisis
May 22, 2019 - By TCR Press Release
Amazon sellers are offering counterfeit prescription pill dies to make counterfeit Oxycodone, Alprazolam, Xanax, Viagra and other prescription drugs, along with tablet binding powder and filler.
eBay Turns a Blind Eye To Dangerous Counterfeit OTC Drugs
Oct 30, 2018 - By TCR Press Release
eBay is under fire for some shady practices - enabling and facilitating the sale of an inexhaustible supply of counterfeit goods, including counterfeit drugs, while hiding behind illusory counterfeit policies and ineffective website policing.
FDA Turns A Blind Eye To E-commerce OTC Drugs
Aug 14, 2018 - By TCR Press Release
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is supposed to police counterfeit and fraudulent medical devices and OTC drugs, but Amazon, eBay and Walmart are getting a blatant pass on enforcement. All sell unapproved medical devices and counterfeit OTC drugs.
Counterfeit Used For Boston Scientific Gynecological Surgical Mesh
May 23, 2018 - By TCR Press Release
Despite red flags, Boston Scientific turned to a China plastic broker for counterfeit Marlex polypropylene mesh for their surgical implant product. Boston Scientific is now facing the largest multi-district litigation since asbestos.
Gynecological mesh: The medical device that has 100,000 women suing
May 22, 2018 - By 60 Minutes
A common surgical implant has generated the largest multi-district litigation since asbestos. 60 Minutes reports on one of the device's manufacturers, Boston Scientific, now facing 48,000 lawsuits