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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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15 March 2012 /Retail and online sale
Reply to US media concerning Caremed ApS and the Avastin case
A number of US media have contacted the Danish National Board of Health with questions about the Danish company Caremed ApS in connection with the case of counterfeit 400 mg Avastin that was found on the US market.
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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.
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17 February 2012 /Retail and online sale
Counterfeit Avastin is not distributed in Denmark
On Tuesday 14 February, the FDA warned against using Avastin 25 mg/ml. The counterfeit Avastin is not distributed in Denmark.
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01 February 2012 /Retail and online sale
Prescriptions issued by emergency service doctors limited to seven days in Denmark
As of 10 February 2012, the prescriptions issued by emergency service doctors in Denmark will only be valid for 7 days from issuance of the prescription. The period of validity is shortened to reduce the risk that outdated prescriptions are dispensed by mistake.
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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.
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30 September 2011 /Retail and online sale
Global operation strikes at online sale of illegal and counterfeit medicines - "Operation PANGEA IV"
In the past week, more than 165 regulatory authorities from 81 countries took part in "Operation PANGEA IV", a global action against online trading of counterfeit and illegal drugs. The operation sets out to raise awareness about the risks associated with buying medicines on the internet and through joint efforts to bring these offences to justice.
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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.
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01 July 2011 /Retail and online sale
Pharmacies must now inform customers of the cheapest medicine
A new regulatory amendment ensures that Danish pharmacies will always inform customers of the cheapest medicine when they buy prescription-only medicines.
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21 June 2011 /Retail and online sale
Pharmacists and pharmaconomists qualified outside Denmark can participate in an EU competition
At the Danish Medicines Agency, we assess the qualifications of foreign pharmacists and pharmaconomists who apply for authorisation to work at a Danish pharmacy. The EU Commission and the upcoming Polish EU Presidency are presently looking for real-life stories from citizens who have experience from living and working abroad.
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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.
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27 May 2011 /Retail and online sale
Online application for authorisation to sell medicines outside pharmacies
We now launch the possibility for online submission of applications for authorisation to sell non-pharmacy restricted medicines for retailers outside the pharmacy sector. Application for and renewal of authorisations take place easily and securely on DKMAnet, the Danish Medicines Agency's access-controlled portal.
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11 May 2011 /Retail and online sale
Annual report on the inspection of retail sale of OTC medicines 2009-2010
In our report for 2008-2009, we made a number of critical remarks about the pharmacies' OTC outlets where we found too many deficiencies: expired medicines, possibility of self-service, medicines mixed with other goods, staff which did not know the rules, etc. We are therefore pleased with the figures for 2009-2010, which show that many pharmacies and their OTC outlets have acted on our criticism.
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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.
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04 April 2011 /Retail and online sale
Danish pharmacies now accept foreign prescriptions
From 1 April 2011, Danish pharmacies accept prescriptions issued by a physician or dentist in another EU country, Norway or Iceland.
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21 December 2010 /Retail and online sale
The Danish Medicines Agency warns against illegal version of Pregnyl
The pharmaceutical company Missionpharma A/S has alerted the Danish Medicines Agency that an illegal version of the medicine Pregnyl is in circulation.
