The UK’s Medicines and
Healthcare products Regulatory
Agency (MHRA) has recently
uuncovered significant illegal drug
importation scams and succeeded
in gaining convictions.
One man from Tooting, South
London, has been jailed for three
years for importing and selling
unlicensed and counterfeit
medicines as well as for money
laundering over £114,000.
In another sting, the MHRA had
a gang sentenced for importing
1.2 million unlicensed erectile
dysfunction tablets and over
141,000 other illegal medicines
including diazepam worth over £3.5
million.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 17 Jun 16 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 17 Jun 16
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