Profiteering on ivermectin continues online despite recent crackdown

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Online sellers in Malaysia peddling drugs containing ivermectin as an active ingredient are still selling unsanctioned imports of the product for large profits despite a recent crackdown.The drug, touted by some as a “miracle drug against Covid-19” is only licensed in Malaysia for veterinary use, while results for the Health Ministry’s clinical trial for it is due in September.As late as last month, the drug was widely available on popular e-commerce platforms, including those for human use illicitly imported from countries like India.A crackdown in May on online sales of unregistered pharmaceuticals - not just ivermectin - have led to dozens of such offerings taken down from e-commerce platforms.However, this has not stopped some sellers from continuing to peddle the tablets at relatively high prices.A check by Malaysiakini found at least one seller advertising the drug for R…