Pharmacist Albers Enters Guilty Plea
As expected, Kansas pharmacist Doug Albers pleaded guilty today to two counts of selling counterfeit and misbranded drugs. What I find amazing about this case is the sheer volume of counterfeit medication involved. Although Albers only admitted selling admitted two boxes of counterfeit and misbranded Neupogen in connection with his plea, in mid-2003, at the instigation of the FDA, his company, Albers Medical Distributors, recalled more than 18 million counterfeit Lipitor tablets. The government plans to ask the court to take this into account in its sentencing of Albers in February. In the meantime, Albers Medical Distributors is getting out of the pharmaceuticals business and Doug Albers' pharmacy is being sold.
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