NABP Member Boards Help LegitScript Shut Down Rogue Sites

Topics: Buying medicine online and Internet pharmacy

Supported with evidence from NABP members, including two state boards of pharmacy and three Canadian pharmacy regulatory agencies, LegitScript notified 16 domain name registrars that rogue Internet pharmacies were using their services. The Minnesota Board of Pharmacy and the Texas State Board of Pharmacy provided proof of forged pharmacy licenses displayed by certain rogue sites, as did the following Canadian regulatory agencies: the Ontario College of Pharmacists, the Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association, and the Quebec Order of Pharmacists. In response to LegitScript’s letters and documentation, which also included proof that sites were selling prescription drugs without a valid prescription, 11 of the registrars suspended service to the Web sites in question. Five other registrars were either noncompliant and did not shut down services to rogue Internet drug sites or were partially noncompliant. A LegitScript report (PDF) includes information on these registrars.