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In fraud case targeting HIV meds, Florida man gets 15 years in prison

A year after a Florida man was arrested for his alleged involvement in a nationwide scheme to distribute fake HIV medicines, a U.S. district judge has ordered the man to serve 15 years in prison. Lazaro Hernandez, 51, admitted to “running a criminal enterprise” with co-conspirators and diverting meds "to make money," he said at the sentencing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ) statement on Hernandez’s arrest, the criminals set up licensed distributors to sell illegally acquired and adulterated drugs to wholesale pharma distributors. The meds then ended up at pharmacies across the country and in the hands of many unsuspecting patients over the span of two years.   Not only did the scheme involve HIV meds with errors in their package inserts, such as typos and missing information, but in “at least several instances” the products sold to wholesalers contained the wrong medicine, broken pills and even pebbles in place of the drugs, District Judge Raag Singhal pointed out. Hernandez and his co-conspirators made more than $230 million from the scheme, which was then allegedly laundered through several Miami corporations. There’s no evidence detailing exactly how much Hernandez himself made from the crimes, but his cut was estimated to be around $5 million, according to his attorney. The DOJ’s prosecutor, Alexander Pogozelski, called it a “very novel scheme” that risked patient health. “We really need to send a message, a clear message of deterrence that these types of novel schemes to evade regulatory structures, evade the FDA, and put patients at harm simply for greed and profit need to be punished severely,” Pogozelski said at the sentencing.  

  • 22 June, 14:50
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Yangi tashkil etilayotgan "Farmatsevtika mahsulotlari xavfsizligi markazi" qanday vazifalarni amalga oshiradi

Oʼzbekiston Respublikasi Prezidentining PQ-197-son qarori bilan Investitsiyalar, sanoat va savdo vazirligining Farmatsevtika tarmogʼini rivojlantirish agentligi tizimidagi "Dori vositalari, tibbiy buyumlar va tibbiy texnika ekspertizasi va standartlashtirish davlat markazi" DUK Sogʼliqni saqlash vazirligi tizimiga oʼtkazilib, uning negizida davlat muassasasi shaklidagi Farmatsevtika mahsulotlari xavfsizligi markazi tashkil etilishi belgilandi. Sogʼliqni saqlash vazirligi tizimidagi muassasalarni qayta tashkil qilish dasturiga muvofiq, "Farmatsevtika mahsulotlari xavfsizligi markazi" Davlat muassasasi quyidagi vazifalarni amalga oshiradi: ➖ dori vositalari, tibbiy buyumlar va tibbiy texnikani davlat roʼyxatidan oʼtkazish, standartlashtirish, sertifikatlashtirish, texnik jihatdan tartibga solish, shuningdek farmatsevtika faoliyatini litsenziyalash yoʼli bilan davlat tomonidan boshqarishni, postmarketing nazoratini amalga oshirishni taʼminlaydi; ➖dori vositalari va tibbiy buyumlar va tibbiy texnika sohasidagi normativ-huuquqiy hujjatlarni, texnik jihatdan tartibga solish sohasidagi normativ hujjatlarni ishlab chiqadi; ➖davlat farmakopeyasini ishlab chiqadi; ➖tibbiy mahsulotlarni sertifikatlashtiruvchi markaziy organ sifatida respublikadagi dori vositalari, tibbiy buyumlar va tibbiy texnikani sertifikatlashtirish organlari va sinov laboratoriyalari faoliyatini muvofiqlashtiradi va nazorat qiladi; ➖tibbiyot amaliyotida qoʼllanilishiga ruxsat etilgan giyohvandlik vositalari, psixotrop moddalar va prekursorlarni realizatsiya qilish, berish, taqsimlash, saqlash hamda hisobga olish tartibini ishlab chiqadi; ➖farmakalogik nazoratni amalga oshiradi; ➖tibbiy buyumlar va tibbiy texnikaning sifat nazorati borasida metrologiya tekshiruvlarini tashkillashtiradi; ➖tibbiyot amaliyotida qoʼllashga ruxsat etilgan dori vositalari, tibbiy buyumlar va tibbiy texnika davlat reestrini yuritadi; ➖huquqni muhofaza qilish organlarining murojaatlari boʼyicha farmatsevtika mahsulotlarini ekspertizadan oʼtkazishni taʼminlaydi; ➖dori vositalari, tibbiy buyumlar va tibbiy texnikaning zararli taʼsirini tasdiqlovchi holatlar mavjud boʼlgan taqdirda, ularning ishlab chiqarilishini, realizatsiya qilinishini belgilangan tartibda toʼxtatib turish chorasini koʼradi.

  • 22 June, 10:19
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