Drug website safety fears raised

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A lack of regulation of online pharmacies is putting people at risk from fake medicines, research suggests.
Analysis of more than 3,000 sites found medicines for sale without a prescription and some that were likely to be counterfeit or out of date.

Industry fraud advisers MarkMonitor also found half of the sites did not safeguard customer details.

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is planning to roll out a logo scheme to help consumers identify genuine sites.

But experts warned against buying medicines online.

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