Two doctors enter guilty pleas in international counterfeit cancer drug case
Two California oncologists have agreed to plead guilty in a case involving the purchase of more than $1 million US in unapproved and counterfeit cancer drugs from a company owned by a Winnipeg internet pharmacy pioneer. In October 2010, Montana Healthcare Solutions was purchased by Winnipeg-based Canada Drugs Ltd, which was owned by internet pharmacy pioneer Kris Thorkelson. In 2018, Winnipeg-based Kris Thorkelson and Canada Drugs pleaded guilty to the illegal sales of misbranded and counterfeit prescription drugs in the United States. (CBC)The California case is the latest in an investigation of Canada Drugs launched more than a decade ago by the FDA. In 2018, Thorkelson and Canada Drugs pleaded guilty to the illegal sales of misbranded and counterfeit prescription drugs in the United States.
Source: CBC News February 22, 2021 10:52 UTC
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