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. 2022 Feb 14;24(2):e25855. doi: 10.2196/25855

Table 1.

Marketing characteristics of internet pharmacies selling Humalog or NovoLoga.

Characteristics Rogue (n=18), n (%) Unapproved (n=11), n (%) Legitimate (n=7), n (%)

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.