They convinced the state medical boardsofCanada and the U.S. that the doctors who were reported to them for malfeasance were really the victims of bad health care delivery systems, something that contradicted the Harvard Medical Practice Studies.
Google said in February 2010 it would begin allowing ads only from U.S. pharmacies accredited by the National Association ofBoardsof Pharmacy and from online pharmacies in Canada that are accredited by the Canadian International Pharmacy Association.
About 96% of Internet drug outlets appeared to be violating pharmacy laws or standards, according to a 2008 study by the National Association ofBoardsof Pharmacy, or NABP, a group representing state regulators in the U.S. and Canada.