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NHS patient caught selling his drugs in undercover film
I found the story on the BBC News page. It was
published on 16th January 2017. The whole
situation took place in Birmingham, UK.
The story describes how a patient has been
caught in an undercover BBC film illegally selling prescription drugs which
cost the NHS £10,000 a year.
The man charged BBC reporter Jonathan Gibson
£250 for a box of Enbrel, a specialist arthritis drug.
He said he was prescribed a box every four
weeks and sold any that went unused.
In this instance he put it on eBay, where
other prescription drugs were also being advertised.
A spokesperson for the online auction site
said a number of listings had been removed, adding: "eBay sellers are
prohibited from listing prescription drugs, in line with rules set by the
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.”
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