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eBay to Crack Down on Medicine and Healthcare Products in UK

December 22, 2018December 22, 2018 Ina Steiner

eBay to Crackdown on Medicine and Healthcare Products in UK

eBay is cracking down on Medicine and Healthcare products in the UK.

Business sellers in the UK are required to register with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and must display the EU common logo by including the link to the MHRA register approval page on each listing offering medicines.

eBay announced last week it that it will prohibit sellers who are out of compliance with the policy from selling medicines on its marketplace.

The new enforcement will go into effect on January 21, 2019.

See eBay UK announcement for details.

Written by Ina Steiner

Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.