ONLINE PHARMACY FRAUD
July 1st, 2005
BY MONICA DOBIE
A RECENT USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report has found many online pharmacies declaring they are based in Canada, selling cheap drugs under local liberal medicine sales laws, are actually based in the US or outside North America, in Vietnam and the Czech Republic, for instance. The FDA may close some sites down, given they are defrauding customers and the US and Canadian tax authorities. "We have great concerns about the strength, quality and purity of the medications," it said.
A RECENT USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report has found many online pharmacies declaring they are based in Canada, selling cheap drugs under local liberal medicine sales laws, are actually based in the US or outside North America, in Vietnam and the Czech Republic, for instance. The FDA may close some sites down, given they are defrauding customers and the US and Canadian tax authorities. "We have great concerns about the strength, quality and purity of the medications," it said.
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