The Obama administration has issued a request for domain name registrars to attend a meeting at the White House in late September to look at voluntary ways to crack down on online pharmacies that sell counterfeit prescription medications.
The request was sent by White House Senior Adviser for Intellectual Property Enforcement Andrew J. Klein reports Krebs on Security, and “urges select recipients to attend a meeting on Sept. 29 with senior White House and cabinet officials, including Victoria Espinel, the Obama administration’s intellectual property enforcement coordinator.”
“According to the World Health Organization, approximately 8 percent of the bulk drugs imported into the United States are counterfeit, unapproved, or substandard, and 10 percent of global pharmaceutical commerce — or $21 billion — involves counterfeit drugs,” says the Krebs on Security report with more than 45,000 rogue online pharmacies.
To read the Krebs on Security report in full, see:
krebsonsecurity.com/2010/08/white-house-calls-meeting-on-rogue-online-pharmacies/