In the News
“Court Orders Australia-based Leader of International Spam Network to Pay $15.15 Million,” eNews Park Forest, November 30, 2009
“Crackdown targets counterfeit drugs,” The Washington Post, November 20, 2009
“What's Driving Spam and Domain Fraud? Illicit Drug Traffic,”CircleID, November 19, 2009
“Pharmacy scam accounts for 70% of spam in September,” USA Today, October 13, 2009
“New Law Targets Rogue Internet Pharmacies: Statute spells out that face-to-face examinations are required in order for doctors to prescribe controlled substances,” Law.com, July 2, 2009
“Online Pharmacies: Are They Safe?” myOptumHealth.com, August 8, 2008
“Possible Dangers of Buying Medicine Over the Internet,” Medpedia
Pay Less for Prescription Drugs,” The Daily Reflector, November 6, 2009
What You Don't Know About Importing Drugs From Canada,” Partnership for Safe Medicines, November 3, 2009
"DIY Botox: Site Offers Injectable Drug Without Prescription — With How-To Video," Wired Science, October 27, 2009
Dangers of buying medications online,” KAIT8, October 26, 2009
October 2009 Spam Report, McAfee, Inc, October 2009
Experts link flood of ‘Canadian Pharmacy’ Spam to Russian botnet criminals,” Network World, July 16, 2009
“Brandjacking Index®: Summer 2009,” MarkMonitor, September 28, 2009
“Report: Phishing, Cybersquatting on the Upswing,” MediaPost, September 28, 2009
“Online Drugs? Know Your Supplier,” John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog, September 24, 2009
“Prescription Deals,” CBS News, September 15, 2009
“NABP Applauds LegitScript and KnujOn for Spotlighting Exploitation of Internet Ad Programs by Rogue Internet Drug Outlets,” NABP news release, August 18, 2009
“Rogue Internet Pharmacies Face New Penalties,” ModernMedicine, August 10, 2009
“The Counterfeiting Superhighway,” European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines, June 2008
“Safe Internet Buying of Medicines: Why and How Pharmacists Should Help,” EJHP Practice, 2008
"But it's a Canadian Internet Pharmacy’: Telling the Truth,” The LegitScript Blog, August 20, 2009
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“Dangerous Assumptions Drawn From List of Permitted Countries,” Partnership for Safe Medicines, July 9, 2009
“FDA Consumer Safety Alert: Don't Buy These Drugs over the Internet or from Foreign Sources,” updated June 18, 2009
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"Yahoo! Internet Pharmacy Advertisements: A closer look at rogue Internet pharmacies sponsored by Yahoo!’s online advertising program," LegitScript.com, August 17, 2009
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“No Prescription Required: Bing.com Prescription Drug ads: A look at how rogue Internet pharmacies are compromising the integrity of Microsoft’s online advertising program,” LegitScript.com, August 4, 2009
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“FDA Finds Consumers Continue to Buy Potentially Risky Drugs Over the Internet,” FDANews, updated June 18, 2009
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“Internet Pharma-Phishing at Epidemic Levels,” Information Security Resources, June 7, 2009
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“State of the Internet: NABP Position Paper on the Continued Proliferation of Rogue Internet Drug Outlets,” NABP Web site, May 2009
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“Be Wary of Internet Pharmacies,” NBC Philidelphia.com, March 4, 2009
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“The Possible Dangers of Buying Medicine Online,” FDA Consumer Health Information, updated February 27, 2009
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“Counterfeit Drugs: Coming to a Pharmacy Near You with an Update for 2009,” American Council on Science and Health, January 2009
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“Online Pharmacy Fraud,” LooksTooGoodToBeTrue.com
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“Online pharmacy. What is it? How to buy? And how to protect yourself against it?”, Ecommerce Journal, December 17, 2008
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"Can Internet Prescription Drug Purchase Endanger Your Health?" Medical News Today, July 11, 2009.
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“Doctor Gets Jail Time for Online, Out-of-State Prescribing,” American Medical News, June 1, 2009
"Consumer Protection Group Opposes Drug Importation Bill:Partnership for Safe Medicines speaks clearly about the dangers of importing prescription drugs from Canada,” Partnership for Safe Medicines news release, March 5, 2009
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"Mile High Warnings of Counterfeit Drugs, Partnership for Safe Medicines," Partnership for Safe Medicines
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"Prescribing Caution: Ordering Medications Online Often Fraught with Risks," Union-Tribune, June 9, 2009
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“VIPPS Celebrates 10th Anniversary, Continues to Guide Consumers to Legitimate Internet Pharmacies,” NABP news release, March 30, 2009
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“Directi: No Safe Haven for Rogue Internet Pharmacies,” LegitScript.com, March 28, 2009
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“Like a Bad Penny,”U.S. Pharmacist, March 18, 2009
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“U.N. Advises Governments How to Stop Internet Drug Peddling,”Reuters, March 17, 2009
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"NABP Wins ASAE’s 2009 Associations Advance America Award of Excellence,” NABP news release, March 12, 2009
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“Rogue Internet Pharmacies,”U.S. Pharmacist, January 26, 2009
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“NABP Launches Vet-VIPPS to Provide Accreditation of Online Veterinary Pharmacies,” NABP news release, January 9, 2009
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“Bogus Pharmacy ‘Crime Medicine’ to Inform Swedes About the Dangers of Purchasing Medications Online,” Medical Products Agency - Sweden, October 15, 2008
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"Don’t Put Your Health in the Hands of Crooks,” Federal Bureau of Investigation, March 3, 2009
- "Easy to buy drugs online?" CNN's Drew Griffin looks at illegal Internet sales of dangerous prescription drugs. CNN.com, February 2, 2009
- “Watch out for Interactions Between Drugs for Erectile Dysfunction and Other Medications,” Worst Pills, Best Pills, Public Citizen's Health Research Group, January 2009
- “Internet drug peddlers raided in 9 countries,” Reuters, November 13, 2008
- “Authorities shut down global spam operation,” ABC News Chicago, October 14, 2008
- “‘You’ve Got Drugs!’ V: Prescription Drug Pushers on the Internet,” National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, July 2008
- “Ordering Drugs Online on the Rise, Risky,” News at UMB, University of Maryland, Baltimore, July 17, 2008
- Abuses Are Found in Online Sales of Medication, New York Times, July 9, 2008
- Illegal Viagra Leads 24% Jump in Counterfeit Medicine Seizures, Bloomberg.com, June 10, 2008
- Widow: My husband died from online drugs, CNN.com/health, May 22, 2008
- Imported Drugs: Hidden Hazards, New York Post, April 8, 2008
- Indiana Adopts Legislation to Combat Illegitimate Online Pharmacies, Protect Residents from Counterfeit Drugs, NABP News Release, April 2, 2008
- State, Federal Regulatory Authorities Combat Rogue Internet Drug Distributors,” NABP Newsletter, April 2008
- “Internet Drug Distributors Posing New Concerns,” NABP Newsletter, March 2008
- “Drugs Dot Com - Online Prescription Drugs,” Fox Ten News, YouTube, February 27, 2008
- Counterfeit Drugs’ Path Eased by Free Trade Zones, New York Times, December 17, 2007
- “Helping Patients Avoid Counterfeit Drugs over the Internet,” US Food and Drug Administration, YouTube, September 11, 2007
- Profiting from Fake Pharma, Business Week, August 20, 2007
- “Hazards of Buying Prescription Drugs Online,” US Food and Drug Administration, YouTube, June 2007
- “From China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine,” New York Times, May 6, 2007
- “US Warns about Dangerous Internet Drug Mistake,” USA Today, February 19, 2007
- “Is this Medicine Dangerous to your Health?” Parade Magazine, February 18, 2007
- “Consumer Alert: Read This Before Purchasing Prescription Drugs Over the Internet!!!” DEA Office of Diversion Control
- “Internet Pharmacies: What You Need to Know,” DEA News Release, September 21, 2005
- “Counterfeit Drugs Kill,” International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT)
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