DENVER—The owner of a Colorado Springs pharmacy and a salesman are among three people who have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of importing a banned human growth hormone from China.
U.S. Attorney Troy Eid identified the three men Wednesday as Thomas Bader, 63, owner of the College Pharmacy, Kevin Henry, 56, a salesman for the pharmacy, and Bradley Blum, 36, of Houston, who worked for a company that allegedly facilitated the illegal importation of hHG.
Staff at College Pharmacy said Henry no longer worked there, and declined to answer further questions.
Bader and Henry made their initial appearance in federal court Wednesday.
The hormone, sometimes called somatropin, is only allowed for the treatment of disease under a ruling by the secretary of health and human services but no hGH made in China has been approved for distribution or use in the U.S.
“Our drug-trafficking prosecutions here in Colorado are increasingly international, especially when illicit pharmaceuticals are involved. Asia is an especially attractive source for drug smugglers,” Eid said in a statement.
