FDA Warns Doctors of Counterfeit Botox®

Counterfeit Botox®

Thursday, December 27, 2012

By AP staff
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have warned more than 350 medical practices that Botox® they may have received from a Canadian supplier is unapproved and could be counterfeit or unsafe.
The Food and Drug Administration said in a letter sent last month, a letter released publicly last week, that batches of the wrinkle treatment shipped by suppliers owned by pharmacy Canada Drugs have not been approved by the FDA and that the agency cannot assure their effectiveness or their safety.
The FDA said Canada Drugs was previously tied to shipping unapproved and counterfeit cancer drugs

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