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JCM Dropship Network rogue Internet pharmacies added to database
LegitScript just added a small rogue Internet pharmacy network to our database that we refer to as the “JCM Dropshop Rogue Internet pharmacy network.” Consisting of about a dozen websites, the network has been designated as “rogue” by LegitScript because … Continue reading
LegitScript: We’re hiring!
LegitScript is a great place to work, and we’re hiring! We’re looking for creative (quirky, even) people to help us make sense of the murky and fascinating world of pharmaceutical and drug-related cybercrime. Right now, we’re hiring for a few … Continue reading
Irish registrar Blacknight partners with LegitScript
LegitScript is pleased to announce that Irish registrar Blacknight, which has a long history of aiding the fight against cybercrime, has partnered with LegitScript to ban rogue Internet pharmacies from using its registration services. The ICANN-accredited registrar and hosting service … Continue reading
LegitScript partners with INTERPOL, Operation Pangea in shutting down rogue online pharmacies
LegitScript is pleased to join with INTERPOL, the US Food and Drug Administration, the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and more than 100 law enforcement and regulatory agencies in announcing the results of Operation Pangea, an “international week … Continue reading
Got spam from LegitScript? Not us…but watch this space.
Got spam from LegitScript? We hate spam as much as you do, and it wasn’t us. (We promise.) In the last 24 hours, it appears that some of the world’s largest spam botnets have been reconfigured to make the spam … Continue reading
LegitScript Support For .PHARMACY and .HEALTH gTLD applications
LegitScript is pleased to announce our support for two important gTLD applications: .pharmacy and .health. .PHARMACY. A common question that LegitScript gets is, How can I easily tell which Internet pharmacies are legitimate and which are not? True, one can … Continue reading
About the Update to LegitScript Homepage Data
If you’re a frequent visitor, you might notice that we’ve updated the data that appears on our home page, describing how many Internet pharmacies there are, how many are legitimate (or rogue), and that sort of thing. We get a … Continue reading
LegitScript Gives Back
Amid all of the holiday cheer, family, friends, and food that surround us at this time of year, it can be easy to get caught up in the end of year rush. But, it’s also a good time to take … Continue reading
LegitScript on HuffPost: Could a Pharmacy Monopoly Affect Your Healthcare?
Mention antitrust at a cocktail party, and you’ll probably end up drinking alone. But antitrust has important implications for consumers: “monopolistic behavior” — that is, the type of control that a company with excessive market share can exercise over thatmarket … Continue reading
USAToday article references 33 Drugs affiliate
A USAToday article referenced a 33 Drugs marketing affiliate, bestcds.info, in discussing rogue online pharmacies. As we commonly see, “Carl” of bestcds.info claimed that his website was legitimate: “…a representative from one U.K. and Canadian-based online pharmacy, BestCDS.info, maintained its … Continue reading
