FDA Operation Reveals Many Drugs Promoted as 'Canadian'
Products Really Originate From Other Countries
An FDA operation found that nearly half of the imported drugs
FDA intercepted from four selected countries were shipped to fill orders that consumers believed they
were placing with "Canadian" pharmacies. Of the drugs being promoted as "Canadian," based on
accompanying documentation, 85 percent actually came from 27 countries around the globe. A
number of these products also were found to be counterfeit. "This operation suggests that drugs
ordered from so-called ‘Canadian’ Internet sites are not drugs of known safety and efficacy," said Dr.
Andrew von Eschenbach, Acting FDA Commissioner. "These results make clear there are Internet sites
that claim to be "Canadian" that, in fact, are peddling drugs of dubious origin, safety, and efficacy.
We believe that these ‘bait and switch’ tactics-offering patients one thing and then giving them