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North Carolina News: Item 2136 - Illegal Internet Operations Continue to Solicit Independent Pharmacies in North Carolina
Reprinted from the April 2007 North Carolina Board of Pharmacy Newsletter.
Previous Newsletter items have alerted independent pharmacists that illegal Internet operations are soliciting them to act as “fulfillment” centers. This continues to occur. The typical “pitch” is that an Internet-based operation will forward some number of prescriptions to the pharmacy on a daily or weekly basis, for which the pharmacy may charge an extraordinarily large cash price. The prescriptions, unsurprisingly, will consist primarily of controlled substances (CS). These offers are indeed too good to be true and pharmacists should not accept them.
Board staff encourages pharmacists who receive these offers, however, to gather as much information as possible about the operator and forward that information to the Board office. Alert, diligent pharmacists in recent months have provided Board staff with information that allowed immediate action, including issuing cease and desist notices and alerting federal law enforcement authorities.
Please monitor the Board Web site, where you will find information about illegal Internet operations as Board staff members receive more information.
