Google pharma alert
June 11, 2013
GOOGLE is once again under fire
for allowing the promotion of illicit
online pharmaceutical sales, two
years after it paid a US$500m fine
to settle US Justice Department
allegations over fake online
pharmacy advertising.
In the latest allegations, the US
National Association of Attorneys
General says that Google searches
continue to display websites which
are known to sell counterfeit
medications, while YouTube,
also owned by Google, is used to
promote fake drugs too.
Google claims it’s been working
on the problem, removing more
than three million ads for illegal
pharmacies since 2011.
However the US authorities said
that on every search they made
Google gave “easy access to illegal
goods, including websites which
offer dangerous drugs without a
prescription.”
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