Medicine regulator closes web on counterfeit drugs

摘要

The UK's medicine regulator has revealed that they closed down more than 1,600 websites illegally advertising and selling medicines last year. Many of the medicines offered were falsified, counterfeit or unlicensed. Enforcement officers form the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) also seized medicines with a value in excess of ￡3 million. These included quantities of erectile dysfunction medicines, slimming products, as well as powerful and often misused drugs like sleeping pills and antidepressants. The majority of packages seized originated in India and China.