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• FDA Attempts to Define Rules for Burgeoning Stem Cell Clinic Industry

  

  By Catherine Krafft

  on March 01, 2018

  Recent news is replete with stories about the potential of stem cell therapy as well as cautionary tales about unscrupulous stem cell clinics that promise cures for chronic diseases but fail to deliver. Confusion over stem cell therapy is widespread enough that, in late 2017, the FDA Commissioner issued a statement promising a comprehensive policy…

• Acquirers and Consumers Should be Wary of Debt Settlement Services

  

  By Jennifer Carter

  on February 15, 2018

    US household debt hit an all-time high in 2017, driven in part by an increase in credit card balances and an uptick in serious delinquencies, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data. That means more desperate consumers looking for relief. Debt settlement companies pitch their services as a…

• A Case Study of Probationary Certification: Chemist-4-U

  

  By LegitScript Folks

  on February 02, 2018

    Is redemption possible for rogue internet healthcare merchants? We’d like to think so. That’s why LegitScript introduced the probationary certification status late last year, and how the operators of the once-rogue UK website chemist-4-u.com came to be one of our first pharmacies approved under this classification. A Problematic Premium Subdomain. In August 2016, we…

• License Reinstated for Canadian Pharmacist Who Sold Counterfeit Cancer Drugs to the US

  

  By David Khalaf

  on January 31, 2018

  Canadian internet pharmacist Kristjan Thorkelson had his license reinstated by the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba only days after the regulatory authority suspended him, according to a report by CBC News. The sudden reversal reinforces LegitScript’s assertion that Canadian regulation of these internet pharmacies is inadequate for protecting US consumers. The Canadian regulatory authority confirmed…

• LegitScript Certification Now Recognized by Google

  

  By LegitScript Folks

  on January 15, 2018

  Google now accepts LegitScript’s Healthcare Merchant Certification for advertisers of pharmaceuticals and other healthcare-related products in the US and Canada. This means that healthcare merchants who are certified and monitored by LegitScript can advertise on Google AdWords, Shopping, and DoubleClick Bid Manager (DBM) without ads being paused or suspended for not complying with this new…