by Tod Cooperman, MD, President, PharmacyChecker.com, and Gabriel Levitt, Vice President, PharmacyChecker.com | Sep 21, 2010 | Online Pharmacies
The letter below is an updated version of the one mailed on September 13th.
September 13th, 2010
Mr. John O. Jeffery
General Counsel
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6601
RE: White House meeting to discuss online pharmacies
Dear John –
We are the president and vice president of PharmacyChecker.com, the leading online verification company for U.S. and international online pharmacies. We learned recently of the White House meeting scheduled for September 29th intended to focus on “voluntary protocols to address the illegal online sale of counterfeit non-controlled prescription medication” (the “Meeting”).
The broader legal and policy issues affecting whether and when ICANN and its members should accede to government requests to deny or cancel domain name registrations is a very serious one for the future of the internet, and is generally beyond our purview. Our purpose is to set out for you and your members some considerations that should affect your evaluation of whatever may be presented at the Meeting. We request that you make this letter available to all members invited to or attending the Meeting. The letter is necessarily in summary form, and we would be pleased to provide upon request additional information that may assist you. (more…)
Tagged with: FDA, ICANN, John O. Jeffery, Joseph Biden, NABP, United States, voluntary agreements, White House
by Gabriel Levitt, President, PharmacyChecker.com and Prescription Justice | Jun 18, 2010 | Online Pharmacies
The FDA issued a warning that it had purchased counterfeit Tamiflu, sold as “Generic Tamiflu,” from an online drugstore that is no longer accessible. It’s believed that the product is still available online. The mystery purchaser did not have to provide a prescription even though Tamiflu is a prescription-only product. PharmacyChecker.com advises consumers not to use pharmacies that do not require a prescription. Online pharmacy-members of the PharmacyChecker.com Verification Program must require prescriptions and be licensed by their respective pharmacy regulatory authorities or equivalent body.
Tagged with: Counterfeit Drugs, FDA warnings, Online Pharmacy Verification Services, tamiflu
by Gabriel Levitt, President, PharmacyChecker.com and Prescription Justice | Apr 26, 2010 | Online Pharmacies
In 2008, the National Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) published a report about the prevalence and dangers of rouge online pharmacies that illegally sell controlled substances. We support CASA’s efforts to protect consumers from dangerous drug-selling websites, especially those that sell addictive drugs, and since 2003 have raised public awareness about the dangers of rogue online pharmacies. As part of its research, CASA found rogue pharmacies on Google’s sponsored results. However, it wrongly assumed that all such sites were approved by PharmacyChecker.com. Soon after, the New York Times published an article covering CASA’s report, which included the same faulty assumption. (more…)
Tagged with: CASA, Google, NYT, Online Pharmacy Verification Services, pharmacychecker.com, rogue pharmacies
