FDA issues warning letters to shifty online pharmacies

Source: ePharm5

The FDA said it has completed a coordinated, weeklong, international effort, called the International Internet Week of Action, which aims to curb illegal actions involving medical products. During the effort, the FDA's Office of Criminal Investigations, in conjunction with the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and the Office of Regulatory Affairs, Office of Enforcement, targeted 136 Web sites that appeared to be engaged in the illegal sale of unapproved or misbranded drugs to U.S. consumers. None of the Web sites are for pharmacies in the United States or Canada. The FDA issued 22 warning letters to the operators of these Web sites and notified Internet service providers and domain name registrars that the Web sites were selling products in violation of U.S. law.