Pharmaceuticals

Report: Yahoo! Also Displaying No-Prescription Required, non-US Internet Pharmacy Ads

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 6th, 2009

LegitScript.com, an online pharmacy verification service, and KnujOn.com, an Internet compliance company, have released a report analyzing Yahoo's online advertisements for Internet pharmacies. The report indicates that more than 80% of Yahoo's Internet pharmacy ads reviewed by the authors were operating contrary to US federal and state laws.

In the report, the researchers state that they were able to buy prescription drugs without a prescription from Yahoo Internet pharmacy advertisements, including of potentially habit-forming medications. In one case, the drugs were imported from India, which is prohibited by US law.

The report also touches on...

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