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How illicit online pharmacies misuse GPhC Internet pharmacy registration
Pharmacies in the United Kingdom, including those that sell medicines online, must register with the General Pharmaceutical Council, the regulatory body that sets standards for pharmacy owners and maintains a registry of pharmacy professionals in the UK. Like the National … Continue reading
‘Tis the season for … discount meds?
As we approach the end of the year, we couldn’t help but notice that rogue Internet pharmacies are using the holiday season to appear friendly and legitimate — by suggesting that Christmas is a time for togetherness and also ordering … Continue reading
Rogue pharmacies identified 12/3-12/7
LegitScript’s analysts recently added 345 new websites to our database. These include a new batch of websites belonging to the BestKusuri rogue Internet pharmacy network, many of which were created last month. The network evidently is sticking with “kenko”-named websites, … Continue reading
Rogue pharmacies identified 11/5-11/9
There were 254 new entries to LegitScript’s database of pharmacy websites for the week of Nov. 5. Most of the sites are unapproved or rogue Internet pharmacies, and once again, ABSystems, dba yournamemonkey.com, is at the top of the rogues … Continue reading
Bee pollen pills, ladybug bath salts have landed in LegitScript’s product database
Trendy “bee pollen” and “green coffee” weight loss supplements, some of which have been recalled in the US and elsewhere because of safety concerns, are just a few of the more than 200 products recently added to LegitScript’s searchable database. One … Continue reading
Rogue pharmacies identified 10/29-11/2
LegitScript’s analysts added 407 unapproved Internet pharmacies to our database last week. Of those websites, all but nine are also classified as rogue Internet pharmacies. ABSystems, a “rogue registrar” that is inextricably linked with the RxPayouts Internet pharmacy network, accounts for … Continue reading
Rogue pharmacies identified 10/8-10/12
Last week, LegitScript added 349 websites to the database, 94% of which were rogue pharmacies or steroid sellers. The top two registrars of these new domain names were Internet.bs, with 108 websites, and ABSystems, with 61. (As previously noted in … Continue reading
Rogue pharmacies identified 10/1-10/5
LegitScript’s analysts added 375 websites to the database last week. We identified more than 130 websites with Russian registrars, with the three most active being Reg.ru (47 sites), NAUNET-REG (34) and R01-Reg (27). More than one-third of all the sites added, … Continue reading
Rogue pharmacies identified 9/24-9/28
LegitScript’s analysts added 568 websites — 96% of which are rogue pharmacies — to the database between Sept. 24 and 28. Rogue registrar ABSystems is responsible for 53.9% of the sites, and all but two of those belong to the … Continue reading
Rogue online pharmacies identified 9/17-9/21
LegitScript staff identified 132 rogue Internet pharmacies between Sept. 17 and 21. The biggest network showing is Rx-Partners, with 32 new pharmacies added to our database. Interestingly, 13 of those Rx-Partners websites — all selling erectile dysfunction drugs — were … Continue reading
