The development of Internet pharmacy law is really only in its infancy. This may come as a surprise to those who have witnessed numerous pre Ryan Haight Act prosecutions over the last five years. While there have been many indictments, convictions, mistrials and acquittals in the past few years, Appellate Courts have yet to render decisions on some of [...]
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The Department of Justice’s 2009 National Drug Threat Assessment, among other things, predicts that the Ryan Haight Act will “most likely reduce the number of rogue internet pharmacies selling controlled prescription drugs.” The report further states that the Act “prohibits the delivery, distribution, and dispensing of controlled substances over the internet without a prescription written by [...]
Why GoDaddy supports the Ryan Haight Act (aka The Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Act) is anyone’s guess; however, I doubt it is for the altruistic reasons cited in their press release yesterday:
Go Daddy helped shape this legislation because we needed the tools to shut down unscrupulous online pharmacies, said Go Daddy CEO and Founder Bob [...]
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As I have mentioned before, there are a variety of internet pharmacy website business models. All of them, of course, have in common the fact that they sell or market prescription drugs or the ability to obtain prescription drugs on the internet. The business models typically vary based on their prescription and/or medical record requirements and [...]
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A recently published Mayo Clinic study compared the safety of ordering prescription medications online versus the traditional physician consultation method. An analysis of most safety variables revealed that the safety of online pharmacies outperformed that of the traditional physical presence consultation method. Specifically, the study found that:
Product Information was provided to online patients 100% of [...]
A new MarkMonitor internet pharmacy study suggests that cumulative internet pharmacy sales grossed $12 billion over the past year, up from $3 billion in 2007. “Our year-over-year trend data shows a grave situation. The number of people looking to save money by buying pharmaceuticals over the web is growing rapidly,” said Irfan Salim, CEO of MarkMonitor. Of the [...]
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