Govt urged to crack down on black market for medicines


PETALING JAYA: Stronger enforcement is needed to curb the online sale of illicit medicines, say concerned parties.

Prof Dr Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia said the Health Ministry’s Medicine Advertisement Board should work with the Communications Ministry and drug enforcement agencies to step up enforcement against illicit medicines being peddled online.

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