Egypt alerts on fake social media goods
The Egyptian Drug Authority has warned against unauthorized promotional practices for products and medicines on social media platforms. It has identified 19 violations, including unlicensed and misleading advertisements spreading on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. These ranged from posts by pharmacies and unauthorized sources. The authority emphasized that using unregistered or unknown source products poses health risks and clarified that some of these advertisements contain misleading medical claims. As part of its regulatory efforts, 39 pages and accounts involved in illegal promotion and sale of medicines have been shut down, and 15 criminal cases related to online crimes involving untrustworthy sources have been filed.
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