The international pharmaceutical industry has released a policy statement targeting counterfeit medicines on the internet, recommending that ICANN join the fight.

The statement calls on ICANN “to take appropriate actions and ensure accountability measures in order to protect Internet users from illegitimate online sites that are engaged in the illicit sale of prescription medicines”.

IP Watch reports that, at the same time, the Center for Safe Internet Pharmacies was launched in the US, aimed at taking down illegal internet pharmacies.