ASOP GLOBAL Statement in Response to Guilty Pleas in CanadaDrugs.com Case
December 18, 2017
ASOP GLOBAL statement in response to guilty pleas in CanadaDrugs.com case.

New Peer-Reviewed Study Finds Online Pharmacies Are Using Twitter To Illegally Sell Fentanyl, Percocet®, Vicodin® and Other Addictive Opiods To U.S. Consumers
October 25, 2017
Results from a new peer-reviewed study to be published in the November issue of American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) found illegal online pharmacies are using Twitter to market and sell Percocet®, Vicodin®, Oxycontin®, hydrocodone, fentanyl and oxycodone and other highly addictive and often deadly controlled substances to U.S. consumers, in direct violation of U.S. federal law.

Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global) Announces 2017 Global Patient Safety Champions
October 16, 2017
The Honorable Michael C. Burgess, MD (R-TX-26), Honorable Eugene Green (D-TX-29) and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) have been named the 2017 Global Patient Safety Champions by the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global), it was announced today.

Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies Applauds Results of Operation Pangea X; Urges Continued Vigilance Against Illegal Online Pharmacies Worldwide
September 28, 2017
The Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global) applauded the results of INTERPOL’s Operation Pangea X, the most successful action of its kind to target illegal online pharmacies, but said more must be done to stop the global influx of counterfeit or substandard prescription medicines.

Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global) Announces Four New Members
September 22, 2017
Gilead Sciences, Inc., the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), National Council for Behavioral Health (NCBH), and RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association have joined the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global), it was announced today.

New Survey Reveals Majority of Consumers Are Unaware of Risks Associated With Online Pharmacies, Oppose Legalizing Prescription Drug Importation
July 19, 2017
Results from the most comprehensive survey of 500 U.S. residents to evaluate consumer behavior and perceptions about online pharmacies were released today by the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global).

ASOP Global and ASOP EU Host Best Practice Sharing Workshop
July 11, 2017
The Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global) and Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacy (ASOP EU) hosted the fifth Best Practice Sharing Workshop in Paris, France on June 29, 2017.

Libby Baney, partner at Faegre Baker Daniels Consulting and senior advisor to ASOP Global, ASOP EU’s Executive Director, Mike Isles and Klaus Gritschneder were joined by representatives from 20 EU Member States and not-for-profit patient safety organizations from the U.S. and Europe, including the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP).

GoodRx Joins The Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies
June 16, 2017
GoodRx, which has saved Americans $3 billion on their prescription medicines since 2011, has joined the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global).

Up to 45% of Americans struggle with paying for their prescription medicines, 26% don’t fill prescriptions because they can’t afford them, and medication nonadherence costs the U.S. healthcare system up to $289 billion a year.

ASOP Global/NABP Canadian Internet Sales Roundtable
May 20, 2017
Libby Baney, partner at Faegre Baker Daniels Consulting and senior advisor to ASOP Global, and NABP’s Policy and Communications Director, Melissa Madigan and Ronald F.Guse, an NABP .pharmacy Canadian consultant, member of the board of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and former Manitoba Provincial Regulator were the speakers at the first Canadian Internet Drug Sales Roundtable, which was held during NABP’s 113th annual conference in Orlando, FL.

The Security of the Drug Supply Chain, Patient Safety and Drug Importation
April 28, 2017
On Friday, April 28, ASOP Global and The Pew Trusts will hold a briefing on Capitol Hill to discuss the issue of illegal online pharmacies, protections provided by the Drug Supply Chain Security Act, risks associated with undermining those protections, and consequences for patients who are exposed to unsafe products. Open to the public, reporters, members of Congress and their staffs, speakers will include Libby Baney, JD (ASOP Global), Elizabeth Jungman, JD, MPH (Pew),John Hertig, PharmD (Purdue College of Pharmacy), John Horton, JD (LegitScript) and Ali Schroer, LCSW (a patient harmed by drugs she bought from an illegal online pharmacy).

Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global) Announces Four New Members
April 6, 2017
The International Alliance for Patients’ Organizations (IAPO), Consumer Online Foundation (COF) India, National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE), and Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) have joined the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global), it was announced today.

Alliance For Safe Online Pharmacies Announces Recipients Of Its First Internet Pharmacy Safety E-Commerce Award
March 21, 2017
The Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global) presented its inaugural Internet Pharmacy Safety E-Commerce Leadership Award to Rightside and Realtime Register during the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Joint Meeting of the Registries and Registrars Stakeholder Groups at ICANN58 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

ASOP Global and International Partners Host India Forum On Patient Safety and Access to Safe Online Pharmacies
March 1, 2017
The Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global), Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM) India Initiative, International Alliance of Patients’ Organisations (IAPO), Indian Pharmacopeia Commission (IPC), U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP), and leading consumer organizations worked with the Government of India (GoI) to organize and host the March 1-2, 2017 International Forum, “Patient Safety and Access to Safe Online Pharmacies.”