White House Calls Meeting on Rogue Online Pharmacies
Summary: The Obama administration invited top Internet domain registrars and registries to a three-hour White House meeting on Sept. 29 with senior officials including IP enforcement coordinator Victoria Espinel, to discuss voluntary protocols against sites selling counterfeit non-controlled prescription medications. The invitation, sent Aug. 13 by White House Senior Adviser for Intellectual Property Enforcement Andrew J. Klein, continues the administration's Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement, and cites WHO figures that about 8 percent of bulk drugs imported into the U.S. are counterfeit, unapproved, or substandard and that 10 percent of global pharmaceutical commerce, or $21 billion, involves counterfeit drugs.
Why it matters: LegitScript.com is tracking more than 45,000 rogue Internet pharmacies, and a June Knujon report found some 162 domain registrars may be in breach of their ICANN contracts, with many violations linked to rogue pharmacies advertised through affiliate networks like Glavmed and RX-Promotion that have been tied to botnet and cybercrime activity.
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