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Danes' buying of medicine on the internet and abroad - survey

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 30th, 2007

A recent survey conducted by the Danish Medicines Agency maintains that there is limited knowledge among the Danish people about the rules applicable to and the risks associated with buying medicine on the internet and abroad. Download the report in Danish in the factbox to the right.

The survey results show among other things:

More than half of the respondents indicate that they are not sufficiently familiar with the rules related to the buying of medicine over the internet.

Nearly 25% has either bought or considered buying medicine or health food products on the internet once or several times, and a matching number has bought or considered...

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