News

20 December 2012 /Retail and online sale

Warning against VigRX TM For Men and Viapro

The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration and the Danish Health and Medicines Authority warn against a number of products that are illegal and potentially dangerous to consumers' health. The products include both food supplements and unauthorised medicines.

11 September 2012 /Retail and online sale

Repeated warning against the scam company Helse Danmark

Many Danes use glucosamine for joint pain, but thousands are tricked into buying glucosamine illegally from Helse Danmark, which operates the website sundeled.dk and other websites. Consumers who buy illegal medicines risk getting a fine of DKK 2,500. In this specific case, several Danes report that they have also been threatened with debt collection when they tried to return the illegal medicine to Helse Danmark.

25 April 2012 /Retail and online sale

MaxiMenPills – an illegal potency-enhancing product

An analysis performed by the Danish Health and Medicines Authority of the potency-enhancing product MaxiMenPills, previously marketed by a Danish online shop, has established that the product contains two active substances, which are not declared on the package.

30 March 2012 /Retail and online sale

Skin lightening cream - illegal medicine containing corticosteroid

The Danish Health and Medicines Authority has received information about the dangerous skin lightening cream 'Bio Claire - Lightening Body Creme' sold by Danish online shops.

27 March 2012 /Retail and online sale

Illegal potency-enhancing drug in Denmark: Viamax Pure Power

The Danish National Board of Health has received information about the dangerous potency-enhancing product Viamax Pure Power, which is sold by Danish online shops. Viamax Pure Power is not an authorised medicinal product, and we therefore warn consumers not to use the product. We advise consumers who have taken Viamax Pure Power to stop using it and to contact their doctor if they have any concerns. The illegal medicinal product may be handed over to a pharmacy for destruction.

27 February 2012 /Retail and online sale

Record number of illegal drug imports in Denmark in 2011 – erectile dysfunction drugs represent one third

In 2011, the Danish Medicines Agency together with Post Danmark and SKAT (the Danish tax authorities) retained altogether 8,174 parcels with illegally imported medicines whose actual content is often unknown. This is almost twice as many as in 2010, and around one third of the parcels contained erectile dysfunction drugs.

08 November 2011 /Retail and online sale

Still more types of illegal medicine sold in creative packages online

Over the past six months, the Danish Medicines Agency has withheld an increasing number of different products in customs. Many of them appear to be common food products or food supplements, but in fact they contain medicine, and this is not written on the package. For example, it can be sachets with powder that can be added to juice or milkshakes – or coffee with medicine in it.

18 July 2011 /Retail and online sale

Scam company behind sundeled.dk still makes empty threats of debt collection

Since our warning in April against the scam company behind the website sundeled.dk, calling itself Helse Danmark A/S, the number of seized packages of glucosamine sent to Denmark illegally from the scam company in Singapore has dropped to almost none. Helse Danmark A/S is not registered in Denmark. The Danish Medicines Agency considers the company to be fake and has reported sundeled.dk to the police for illegal sale of medicines.

27 May 2011 /Retail and online sale

Warning against the websites vitamarket.net and vitanatural.net

The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration and the Danish Medicines Agency warn against two almost identical websites vitanatural.net and vitamarket.net, which are selling a number of products that are illegal and may be dangerous to consumers. The marketed products concern food supplements, unauthorised medicines and doping agents.

22 April 2011 /Retail and online sale

Warning against sundeled.dk – the scam company Helse Danmark A/S

Thousands have been deceived into purchasing glucosamine illegally from the website sundeled.dk. In addition to the risk of a DKK 2,500 fine for purchasing illegal medicines, several Danes have been threatened with debt collection by the company behind the website.

23 November 2009 /Retail and online sale

Global operation against illegal medicines takes down more than 70 websites

A global operation against illegal medicine has taken down more than 70 illegal websites,and a total of 22 individuals are currently under investigation for a range of offenses.

01 May 2009 /Retail and online sale

The pursuit of a better sex life can be detrimental to your health

It is easy to find and buy potency-enhancing pills on the internet. Unfortunately, many of them are not approved by the authorities. This means that they may be detrimental to your health.

16 February 2009 /Retail and online sale

Campaign: Avoid dangerous weight-loss products on the internet!

Today, the Danish Medicines Agency launches a campaing against dangerous weight-loss products (containing e.g. ephedrine). The reason is that these products represent a major health risk to consumers and have already resulted in serious adverse reactions.

23 December 2008 /Retail and online sale

Campaign: Avoiding dangerous erectile dysfunction drugs on the internet

It's very easy to find and buy anti-impotence pills on the internet. Unfortunately, many of them are not approved by the authorities. This means that they may be extremely harmful.