No gaol for pharmacist
December 3, 2010
A UK pharmacist, William
Parsons, has narrowly avoided a
gaol sentence after illegally
advertising Viagra on his website
potency.co.uk.
Parsons was able to sell Viagra
and several other prescription only
erectile dysfunction drugs, via his
online website after he gained
blank prescriptions to prescribe the
drugs to customers from a GP
located in Cyprus.
The scheme was uncovered in
2006 after blank prescriptions were
found in Parson’s Hayfield
Pharmacy by a Medicine and
Healthcare products Regulatory
Agency inspector, who also tracked
down Parson’s website to expose
the illegal offers.
As a result of the discovery the
MHRA asked Parsons to change
his website which was earning him
around AU$1,500 a month, to
which he refused and was faced
with criminal charges and a
lengthy legal battle.
For his crime Parsons was given a
nine month suspended sentence.
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