Medicinal products seized within the week running from the 23rd-30th June, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) seized 285,000 medicines and medical devices which were valued at almost £1,000,000.
Black market drugs have been a major threat to public health and since the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic, this hasn’t changed. In the early stages of the pandemic when vaccines and other antivirals were being tested in clinical trials, there was a demand for effective covid treatments. This provided an opportunity for criminals and illegal businesses to make a profit by selling purported treatments at an extortionate price.
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