LegitScript has launched a new website certification, monitoring and classification program: iCareRx. To date more than 100 websites have already been identified in the sale of prescription eyewear. Only four sites have been designated as ‘unapproved’ for this kind of sale.
LegitScript wants to enlarge its watch even if it appears that the online market for prescription eyeglasses is not so ‘affected’ as it is for fake drugs. That is why this new program provides certification, transparency regarding the identity of the website owner and also a better protection for patients.
John Horton, President of LegitScript, said “Non-compliant websites in this market do exist: we’ve already identified a number of websites that operate unsafely by not adequately verifying a prescription for prescription eyeglasses, or that fail to disclose who or where they are. Our goal is to help Internet users tell the difference between the two.”
LegitScript is the world’s leading source of information and enforcement on Internet pharmacies and online sales of health products.