The Hill (1/9, Irwin ) says, “The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative warned there’s a risk of ineffective or dangerous drugs from online pharmacies that are being illegally run.” In a report (PDF) that was “released Wednesday, the office singled out 19 countries that raised concerns of possible movement of counterfeit or pirated drugs.” Additionally, the office “released its Notorious Market List that focused on the growth in illicit online pharmacies.” The office “called on trading partners to improve criminal and border enforcement to combat counterfeit medicines.”
The AP (1/9, Kurtenbach ) says, “Nearly all of the world’s 35,000 online pharmacies are being run illegally and consumers who use them risk getting ineffective or dangerous drugs, according to the” report. It “named about three dozen online retailers, many of them in China or elsewhere in Asia that it said are allegedly engaged in selling counterfeit products or other illegal activities.” The new “report says 96% of online pharmacies were found to be violating the law, many operating without a license and selling medicines without prescriptions and safety warnings.”
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— “US warns of risk from most of world’s online pharmacies,” Lauren Irwin, The Hill, January 9, 2025