Stop buying drugs online, warns pharmaceutical association


Bernard Saw

Buyers like to buy their medicines online because of convenience but that comes at a price, says the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Association. - AFP pic, January 15, 2019.

MALAYSIANS are putting themselves at grave risk by purchasing medicine online, said the Pharmaceutical Association of Malaysia, adding that the Health Ministry should step in and curb this before the problem escalates.

Its executive director, Ewe Kheng Huat, told The Malaysian Insight that the group is fighting an uphill battle against fake medicine sold online.


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