The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued joint warning letters to operators of two websites illegally selling Schedule II stimulants, including amphetamine drug products marketed as Adderall. These websites sell Adderall online without a prescription, which places consumers at risk.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers who seek to buy medications through websites that they may be opening themselves up to of a swarm of imposters claiming to be representatives of the regulatory agency.
Amazon.com Inc. will buy small online pharmacy PillPack, a move that will put the world’s biggest online retailer in direct competition with drugstore chains, drug distributors and pharmacy benefit managers.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will inject some of its online pharmacy business into a listed unit in a deal valued at HK$10.6 billion ($1.35 billion), the firm said in a statement.