The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has successfully prosecuted Robin Huxley (age, 45) from Barnsley and Stephen Pownall (age, 45), Newark, Notts, on Friday 14 March 2008 at Sheffield Crown Court for the illegal sale and supply of medicines, Reductil and Xenical.
On the 28 November 2007 Mr. Huxley pleaded guilty to five counts under the Medicines Act 1968 at Sheffield Crown Court and subsequently was sentenced to fourteen months imprisonment.
Stephen Pownall was ordered to pay a total of £7497.80 in fines, confiscation and costs.
From May 2001 to 31 March 2005 Mr. Huxley was employed in the pharmaceutical industry, where he used his knowledge and expertise to obtain large quantities of prescription only medicines namely Reductil. (Which is usually prescribed for clinical obesity.)
He also obtained large amounts of Xenical from Roche Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
He then went on to sell these products in his various slimming and weight loss clinics, based in Barnsley, without any of his clients having been given a prescription or an appropriate medical consultation.
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Hat tip: Jimmie
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