Erectile dysfunction tablets among 1.6m units of fake medicines seized

Dr Lorraine Nolan, Chief Executive of the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), welcomed the authorisation of Covid-vaccines “only one year after the identification of a completely new virus". Photo Stephen Collins/Collins

Over 370,000 erectile dysfunction tablets were seized among over 1.6 million units of fake and other illegal medicines in Ireland last year.

The annual report from the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), which monitors medicines here, shows 1,610,295 dosage units were detained during 2020, a huge spike from the year before when the total stood at 1,018,678 units.