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| Title |
Digital danger: a review of the global public health, patient safety and cybersecurity threats posed by illicit online pharmacies
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| Published in |
British Medical Bulletin, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.1093/bmb/ldw016 |
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| Authors |
Tim K. Mackey, Gaurvika Nayyar |
| Abstract |
Amidst the rise of e-commerce, there has been a proliferation of illicit online pharmacies that threaten global patient safety by selling drugs without a prescription directly to the consumer. Despite this clear threat, little is known about the key risk characteristics, central challenges and current legal, regulatory and law enforcement responses. A review was conducted of the English literature with search terms 'online pharmacies', 'Internet pharmacies', 'cyber pharmacies', 'rogue pharmacies', and 'e-pharmacies' using PubMed, JSTOR, and Google Scholar from 1999-2005. Illicit online pharmacies are a rapidly growing public health threat and are characterized by a number of complex and interrelated risk factors. Solutions are varied and are of questionable utility in the face of evolving technology that enables this form of transnational cybercrime. Legal, regulatory and technology solutions must address the entire illicit online pharmacy ecosystem in order to be effective. There is a critical need to build international consensus, conduct additional research and develop technology to combat illicit online pharmacies. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 12 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 17% |
| Spain | 2 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 17% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 8% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 8% |
| India | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 3 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 75% |
| Scientists | 2 | 17% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 256 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 254 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 33 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 6% |
| Researcher | 10 | 4% |
| Other | 33 | 13% |
| Unknown | 117 | 46% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 34 | 13% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 27 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 18 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 13 | 5% |
| Other | 30 | 12% |
| Unknown | 119 | 46% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 593. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 March 2023.
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