Dot-pharmacy is coming
July 23, 2012
THE US National Association of
Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) has
applied to register the ‘.pharmacy’
top level internet domain name, as
part of a program to battle the
rising tide of counterfeit drugs sold
online by fraudsters.
The NABP says that fake drugs
sold online “often make their way
to unwary consumers through a
complex chain of international
transactions by multiple parties”.
NABP has a program of ongoing
review of websites selling
prescription drugs, and found that
of over 10,000 sites analysed, a
huge 97% operate “out of
compliance with pharmacy laws
and practice standards”.
Rogue online drug sellers work to
obtain, market, collect payment for
and distribute drug products that
are “often counterfeit or
substandard,” the report says.
The organisation, which is the
peak body of state pharmacy
boards across the USA, says that if
it controls the dot-pharmacy
domain it would be able to “offer
consumers around the globe a
trusted means for obtaining the
safest medications online”.
Of the 9734 illicit sites found,
more than half offered non FDAapproved
drugs, 8497 didn’t
require a valid prescription and
9261 “appear to be affiliated with a
network that obtains drugs from
questionable sources.”
Efforts to combat the problem
also include the creation of the
VIPPS (Verified Internet Pharmacy
Practice Sites) accreditation
program, as well as a consumer
protection website online at
www.AWARErx.org which provides
information on safely obtaining
medications.
If use of “dot-pharmacy” is
approved NABP would regulate the
domain name to ensure only valid
online pharmacies could use it.
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