Table 1.
Characteristics | Rogue (n=18), n (%) | Unapproved (n=11), n (%) | Legitimate (n=7), n (%) | ||||||||
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Yes | No | Not reported | Yes | No | Not reported | Yes | No | Not reported | ||
US shipping of insulin | 9 (50) | 9 (50) | 0 (0) | 5 (45) | 6 (55) | 0 (0) | 3 (43) | 4 (57) | 0 (0) | ||
Bulk discounts | 11 (61) | 5 (28) | 2 (11) | 2 (18) | 8 (73) | 1 (9) | 2 (29) | 5 (71) | 0 (0) | ||
Coupons | 9 (50) | 8 (44) | 1 (6) | 2 (18) | 9 (82) | 0 (0) | 4 (57) | 3 (43) | 0 (0) | ||
Registration claims | 8 (44) | 10 (56) | 0 (0) | 10 (91) | 1 (9) | 0 (0) | 6 (86) | 1 (14) | 0 (0) | ||
Privacy assurances | 14 (78) | 4 (22) | 0 (0) | 8 (73) | 3 (27) | 0 (0) | 1 (14) | 6 (86) | 0 (0) | ||
Customer testimonies | 10 (56) | 8 (44) | 0 (0) | 7 (64) | 4 (36) | 0 (0) | 3 (43) | 4 (57) | 0 (0) | ||
Offer to speak with associate | 18 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 9 (82) | 2 (18) | 0 (0) | 6 (86) | 1 (14) | 0 (0) | ||
Phone number | 7 (39) | 11 (61) | 0 (0) | 11 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
Insulin-specific advertisements | 0 (0) | 18 (100) | 0 (0) | 3 (27) | 8 (73) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (100) | 0 (0) | ||
Advertisements for other products on page selling insulin | 13 (72) | 5 (28) | 0 (0) | 1 (9) | 10 (91) | 0 (0) | 4 (57) | 1 (14) | 2 (29) |
aIllustrates marketing characteristics of 36 websites selling Humalog or NovoLog. This table does not include 13 internet pharmacies selling Humalog or NovoLog insulin that were not classified by LegitScript.