The online auction platform eBay has decided to block the sales of sorbitol in the world "as a precaution". after the death, last Saturday in Barletta, of a woman who had undergone a test based on this substance purchased by her doctor on the web. Sorbitol is a sugar substitute which can also be purchased online.
The online shopping company has made it known that “is cooperating with local and international authorities and is committed to providing all the necessary support to clarify the matter".
Meanwhile, the Trani prosecutor's office has opened an investigation that sees three people under investigation for manslaughter and serious injury, while Aifa, the Italian Medicines Agency, has pointed the finger at the worldwide increase in illegal or counterfeit medicines "to the proliferation of virtual shops on the Internet offering medicines of dubious origin for sale”, which they attract the customer “above all thanks to a significantly lower selling price than the legal product authorized on the market".
In Europe, AIFA specifies, there are countries that have authorized online pharmacies and others, such as Italy, where the online sale and purchase of medicines has not yet been authorised.
