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ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS

• "Cyber" Letters 2002 Web Page: FDA has begun issuing warning letters electronically to Websites that offer to sell online prescription drugs that may be illegal. An FDA Talk Paper issued Feb. 2, 2000, describes these "cyber" letters in more detail. See also 2001 and 2000 "Cyber" Letters.

• FDA Takes Action Against Unapproved Cancer Drugs--FDA Talk Paper, Sept. 6, 2000

• Norfolk Men's Clinic Website Subject of Federal Indictment--Department of Justice Press Release, Aug. 7, 2000

• Federal Grand Jury Indicts Alleged Operator of an Illegal Internet Drug Operation--FDA Talk Paper, May 17, 2000

• FDA Takes Action Against Firm Marketing Unapproved Drugs--FDA Talk Paper, Dec. 10, 1999

• FDA Warns Against Consuming Triax Metabolic Accelerator--FDA Talk Paper, Nov. 11, 1999


• FDA Takes Action Against Firm Marketing Unapproved Drugs --FDA Talk Paper, Nov. 10, 1999


• Enforcement of Existing Laws Regarding the Sale of Prescription Pharmaceuticals over the Internet --Statement by Janet Woodcock, July 30, 1999


• FDA Warns About Products Containing Gamma Butyrolactone or GBL and Asks Companies To Issue a Recall-- FDA Talk Paper, Jan. 21, 1999

• FDA Warns Consumers on Dangerous Products Promoted on the Internet-- FDA Talk Paper, June 17, 1999

• Internet Sales of Bogus HIV Test Kits--FDA Consumer, July-August 1999



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Web page created by zwr 2001-JAN-03.
Updated by tg 2002-MAR-29.