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Generic top-level domain reserved for pharmacies
The generic top-level domain (gTLD) .pharmacy was launched by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) in 2014. The goal was to "provide consumers around the world a means for identifying safe, legal, and ethical online pharmacies and related resources".
Motivation
A review by the NABP of more than 10,800 websites selling prescription drugs "found that nearly 97% do not follow pharmacy laws and standards established to protect the public health".2024-09-09 NABP Launches .Pharmacy Generic Top-Level Domain to Help Consumers Find Safe Pharmacies Online http://www.nabp.net/news/nabp-launches-pharmacy-generic-top-level-domain-to-help-consumers-find-safe-pharmacies-online dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141017074832/http://www.nabp.net/news/nabp-launches-pharmacy-generic-top-level-domain-to-help-consumers-find-safe-pharmacies-online 2014-10-17 2026-09-29 National Association of Boards of Pharmacy The NABP declared that it would only issue .pharmacy web addresses to "legitimate website operators that adhere to pharmacy laws in the jurisdictions in which they are based".
Criticism
The impartiality of the domain was questioned, because Eli Lilly and Company, Merck & Co., and Pfizer are the main contributors to the NABP application. Previously, the application was challenged by Public Citizen, Knowledge Ecology International, and the Canadian International Pharmacy Association.Can The Dot Pharmacy New Generic Domain Be Impartial?—Intellectual Property Watch (July 7, 2014)
References
Category:Internet properties established in 2014
Category:Generic top-level domains
Category:Online retailers
Category:Pharmacies
External links
https://safe.pharmacy/