Nevada News: Counterfeit Drugs

January 1, 2009 10:45 am Topics: Counterfeit drugs

Reprinted from the January 2009 Nevada State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter.

The Nevada Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy by affirming the Board’s actions of revoking the pharmaceutical wholesaler license of Dutchess Business Services, Inc, and its successor, Legend Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The Board charges against the wholesalers related to purchase and resale of undocumented and/or counterfeit Zoladex^®, Lupron^®, and Serostim^® from three Florida wholesalers and one South Carolina wholesaler. The Board found that the wholesalers violated the statute by holding and selling counterfeit drugs and failed to maintain adequate pedigrees, even though they claimed no knowledge of the drugs being counterfeit. This affirmation of the actions of the Board of Pharmacy is a huge victory in the continuous battle against bad wholesalers and counterfeit drugs not only in Nevada, but nationally as well.