Pharma's Black Market Boom
In the shady world of online pharmacies, the rich are getting richer. That's the finding of a study released Tuesday by brand abuse tracking firm, MarkMonitor, measuring the disturbing growth of counterfeit drug sales on the Web. By sifting through 60 million spam emails for mentions of six major drug brands and following the Web links included in those messages, researchers found numbers implying a three-fold spike in prescription drugs sold online.
By Andy Greenberg
26 August 2008