{"id":69993,"date":"2016-04-27T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=1ea6543f78b7c5d68ea8ecc103cea0ee"},"modified":"2016-04-27T15:24:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T15:24:03","slug":"press-release-thousands-of-illegal-erectile-dysfunction-drugs-seized-in-scunthorpe-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=69993","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Thousands of illegal erectile dysfunction drugs seized in Scunthorpe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated:<\/em> Corrected figures of number of doses seized and value.<\/p>\n

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Enforcement officers from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA<\/abbr>) have seized more than 62,000 doses of unlicensed erectile dysfunction medicines during raids at addresses in Scunthorpe today.<\/p>\n

The illegal and potentially dangerous unlicensed medicines have an estimated street value of nearly \u00a3200,000.<\/p>\n

Alastair Jeffrey, MHRA<\/abbr> Head of Enforcement, said:<\/p>\n

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Selling unlicensed medicines is illegal and poses a serious health hazard.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Unlicensed medicines can be dangerous as they may contain impurities, incorrect ingredients, and there is no way of knowing if they are manufactured to acceptable standards of quality and safety.<\/p>\n

Criminals involved in the illegal supply of medical products aren\u2019t interested in your health – they are only interested in your money.<\/p>\n

Be careful buying medicines online \u2013 only buy from a site that is registered with MHRA<\/abbr> and displays the new EU common logo.<\/p>\n

MHRA<\/abbr> will continue to track down and prosecute those who put the public\u2019s health at risk.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Background<\/h2>\n

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency<\/a>
\nis responsible for regulating all medicines and medical devices in the UK by ensuring they work and are acceptably safe. All our work is underpinned by robust and fact-based judgements to ensure that the benefits justify any risks. MHRA<\/abbr> is a centre of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency which also includes the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC)<\/a> and the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)<\/a>. MHRA<\/abbr> is an executive agency of the Department of Health. <\/p>\n

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Media enquiries<\/h3>\n
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\nNews centre<\/span>
\nMHRA<\/abbr>
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\n151 Buckingham Palace Road
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\nVictoria<\/span>
\nLondon<\/span>
\nSW1W 9SZ<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n Email<\/span>
\n newscentre@mhra.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\n During office hours:<\/span>
\n 020 3080 7651\n <\/p>\n

\n Out of office hours:<\/span>
\n 07770 446 189\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm. For real-time updates including the latest press releases and news statements, see our Twitter channel at https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mhrapress<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 60,000 doses of unlicensed erectile dysfunction medicines seized by MHRA enforcement officers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70008,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69993\/revisions\/70008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}