Google and Microsoft will help Obama to fight illegal online pharmacies
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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Google and Microsoft agreed to help the US President Barack Obama's administration to create a non-profit organization to combat illegal online pharmacies, Bloomberg reports with reference to the Administration and Budget Office under the US President. According to the National Association of Pharmaceutical Departments, one to two percent of drugs sold in North America are counterfeit. The world turnover of counterfeit medicines is about 75 billion dollars. Most of them are sold through the Internet. Law enforcement authorities regularly arrest large quantities of active substances produced in Pakistan, India, Colombia and China, intended for packaging and sale in online pharmacies. The group created by the Obama administration, with the participation of Google and Microsoft, included Internet companies that are key hubs for advertising, searching for goods and making transactions on the Web: Yahoo !, MasterCard, Visa, American Express, GoDaddy.com, Neustar, eNom and Paypal. It was to them that the White House asked to take measures to identify online sellers of counterfeit drugs, explained the coordinator of the presidential administration for the protection of intellectual property Victoria Espinel (Victoria Espinel).
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