Sedatives, erectile dysfunction drugs and steroids: 600,000 doses of illegal medicines seized in 2018

More than 600,000 doses of illegal medicines were seized in 2018, figures from the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) revealed today.

The regulatory agency revealed that in 2018, 619,213 dosage units of falsified and other illegal medicines (including tablets, capsules and vials) were detained in 2018. That figure is down from 948,915 in 2017.