Another Interesting Article

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http://pcworld.shopping.yahoo.com/yahoo/article/0,aid,110033 (http://pcworld.shopping.yahoo.com/yahoo/article/0,aid,110033,00.asp) ,00.asp

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a bit dated though


Thursday, March 27, 2003

[artie]

Some interesting points in article:



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<TD width="100%"><BIG>Online Pharmacies Under Investigation</BIG>
Feds hope to shut down sites selling medications illegally.

Grant Gross, IDG News Service
Thursday, March 27, 2003





WASHINGTON -- Illegal online pharmacies should be shut down, members of a U.S. House of Representatives committee seemed to agree Thursday, but there was less consensus on how to define illegal online practices and on what new laws are needed to deal with companies that sell medications on the Web.


Lawmakers made several suggestions for ways to police online pharmacies at the House Government Reform Committee (http://www.house.gov/reform/) hearing. However, much of the hearing veered off the topic of online pharmacies when some committee members ripped into the pharmaceutical industry for the high prices of prescription drugs. Lawmakers also promoted the practice of some U.S. citizens who cross the border into Canada to purchase drugs at lower prices.
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"While many online pharmacies operate

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<TD vAlign=top align=left><BIG>March 27, 2003 - Hearing on Consumer Safeguards on Internet Pharmacy Sites</BIG>
Mar 27- Opening Statement of Chairman Tom Davis Good morning, I would like to welcome everyone to today's oversight hearing on the domestic sale of drugs on Internet pharmacy sites. The sale of consumer products over the Internet has ... More (http://reform.house.gov/GovReform/Hearings/eventSingle.aspx?eventID=201) </TD></TR></T></TABLE>


http://reform.house.gov/GovReform/Hearings/EventSingle.aspx? (http://reform.house.gov/GovReform/Hearings/eventSingle.aspx?eventID=201) EventID=201



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Point, Click, Self-Medicate </BIG>
<BIG>A Review of Consumer Safeguards on Internet Pharmacy Sites</BIG><BIG></BIG>


Thursday, March 27, 2003 10:00 AM


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Related Documents

Printed Hearing

Full Committee Hearing on the Consumer Safeguards of Internet Pharmacy Sites (http://reform.house.gov/UploadedFiles/online%20Pharmacies%20Final%20Print.pdf)

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Washington - Opening Statement of Chairman Tom Davis

Good morning, I would like to welcome everyone to today's oversight hearing on the domestic sale of drugs on Internet pharmacy sites. The sale of consumer products over the Internet has grown exponentially over the past 10 years. Clearly, access to prescription drugs via online pharmacies can provide benefits to consumers, including convenience and reduced costs. But, while many online pharmacies operate in the same manner as traditional brick-and-mortar drug stores, and comply with the standards of state licensing authorities, not all pharmacies practicing over the Internet are legitimate sites. The Internet creates an easy environment for illegitimate sites to bypass traditional regulations and established safeguards for the sale of prescription