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Article: Instead of getting wired, some Web sites may get shocked

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Rogue Web sites using illegal or unethical practices to sell pharmaceuticals or nutritional supplements could find their Internet wires too "hot" to handle. A recent Philadelphia seminar entitled Regulatory and Legal Issues in Pharmaceutical Sales and Direct-to-Consumer Promotion Over the Internet, conducted by International Business Communications, disclosed how regulatory agencies and organizations are tackling Internet enforcement. "Right now, there is minimal direct oversight," said Lawrence E. Liberti, MSc, R.Ph., RAC, Pharmaceutical Information Associates, Ltd. "There is a mix of sites on-line-some highly professional and some questionable, even fraudulent."

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