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LegitScript: We’re hiring!
LegitScript is a great place to work, and we’re hiring! We’re looking for creative (quirky, even) people to help us make sense of the murky and fascinating world of pharmaceutical and drug-related cybercrime. Right now, we’re hiring for four positions, … Continue reading
About the Update to LegitScript Homepage Data
If you’re a frequent visitor, you might notice that we’ve updated the data that appears on our home page, describing how many Internet pharmacies there are, how many are legitimate (or rogue), and that sort of thing. We get a … Continue reading
LegitScript Gives Back
Amid all of the holiday cheer, family, friends, and food that surround us at this time of year, it can be easy to get caught up in the end of year rush. But, it’s also a good time to take … Continue reading
LegitScript on HuffPost: Could a Pharmacy Monopoly Affect Your Healthcare?
Mention antitrust at a cocktail party, and you’ll probably end up drinking alone. But antitrust has important implications for consumers: “monopolistic behavior” — that is, the type of control that a company with excessive market share can exercise over thatmarket … Continue reading
USAToday article references 33 Drugs affiliate
A USAToday article referenced a 33 Drugs marketing affiliate, bestcds.info, in discussing rogue online pharmacies. As we commonly see, “Carl” of bestcds.info claimed that his website was legitimate: “…a representative from one U.K. and Canadian-based online pharmacy, BestCDS.info, maintained its … Continue reading
LegitScript on CircleID: Implications of Google-USDOJ settlement for Registrars
Note: This blog was originally posted on CircleID.com, a popular blog and forum dealing with Internet infrastructure. In the wake of Google’s settlement with the Department of Justice for permitting advertising by illegal online pharmacies, what are the legal implications for … Continue reading
New rogue online pharmacies identified 8/16-8/17
LegitScript staff identified the following rogue Internet pharmacies on the 16th and 17th of August. (Several of these are thanks to notifications visitors to legitscript.com. Thanks!) Internet users should be advised not to use these Internet pharmacies, which sell unregulated … Continue reading
Internet pharmacy news roundup
Quite a bit going on in the Internet pharmacy world…and a few things are new on the legitscript.com website as well. Here’s a smattering of news and updates. We’ve made a few small changes on legitscript.com over the last few … Continue reading
The Facebook – WOT Deal: How it will help fight against rogue Internet pharmacies
LegitScript’s President, John Horton, recently blogged about the recent agreement announced by Facebook and Web of Trust. Catch the blog at the Huffington Post. LegitScript announced its own partnership with the Web of Trust some time ago. LegitScript provides WOT with our … Continue reading
Biosimilar and Counterfeit Meds: When Do They Become Dangerous?
Catch the Huffington Post blog by John Horton, LegitScript’s President: Biosimilar and Counterfeit Meds: When do they become dangerous? Biologics are a relatively new type of medicine. Unlike non-biologics such as Lipitor or Nexium, which are from chemicals and can … Continue reading
