Google, MSN & Bing Block America's Access to Licensed Canadian Pharmacies

Google has recently announced that they will no longer display advertisements in the sponsored listings from legitimate Canadian pharmacies on Google.com in the USA while MSN and Bing have begun de-listing licensed Canadian international pharmacy websites from their search pages altogether. This means that NorthWestPharmacy.com will not display on the Google sponsored listings as we have done so prominently and successfully for years along with many other Canadian pharmacies. Only American pharmacies with VIPPS certification will display in these listings. Of course, VIPPS pharmacies often charge exorbitant amounts of money for their products while NorthWestPharmacy.com believes in fair pricing for pharmaceuticals. It appears that the Big Pharma machine has co-opted Google into only allowing their preferred and more expensive pharmacies to advertise. Even worse is that Bing and MSN are now de-listing licensed Canadian international pharmacy websites from their search pages altogether. That’s right! As of today, Bing and MSN have censored their search results to remove several reputable licensed and legitimate Canadian international pharmacy websites which gives us reason to believe that all such companies will soon be removed and America will not be able to find any relevant legitimate Canadian international pharmacies on MSN or Bing at all. Isn’t it curious that only international pharmacy websites which ship to Americans are the ones that seem to be getting de-listed?  

How does this affect you and your loved ones?

For starters, it means that major U.S. companies are censoring and blocking what Americans see in their internet searches – licensed Canadian pharmacies which ship to Americans. The recently announced partnership between MSN, Bing and Yahoo suggests that Yahoo may follow the same route soon. If Google follows their new advertising policy with respect to their organic search results as MSN and Bing have, Americans may find it next to impossible to find any licensed Canadian pharmacy which ships to the USA on any prominent search engine whatsoever.    

At the moment, Americans may still be able to find licensed Canadian pharmacies on the unregulated organic search listings on Google but most of these have not been accredited by any reputable organization while the previous advertised listings on Google were approved by a third party pharmacy verifier. This ensured that the Google user was dealing with a licensed pharmacy operation. In an effort to avoid the over-priced American VIPPS advertised websites, it is likely that many consumers will unwittingly buy from rogue websites which are found in the organic listings and run by unsavory types. With the amount of sub-potent and counterfeit medication out there, this is a truly concerning development.

What can you do?

Please forward this newsletter to all your friends and relatives and let them know that their right to affordable medications is under threat and their internet searches are being censored. Be sure to only buy from reputable and licensed companies like NorthWestPharmacy.com which is proudly CIPA (Canadian International Pharmacy Association) certified and an IPABC (International Pharmacy Association of British Columbia) best practice member. Your elected representatives actually do get involved when enough of you send them a letter so one of the best ways to effect change is to send them one. For your convenience, we have prepared a list of contacts and sample letters you can quickly and easily send to them when you click here. Please send your senator, congressman, the Obama administration as well as MSN and Google a letter to voice your concern.