Online pharmacy in counterfeit scandal lays off hundreds: Source

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg-based online pharmaceutical company at the centre of multiple counterfeit medication controversies laid off hundreds of employees worldwide Thursday.

CanadaDrugs.com, which has been the subject of investigations into the sale of counterfeit cancer medications to U.S. clinics, orchestrated a large downsizing Thursday at its Winnipeg headquarters, as well as at operations in the United Kingdom and Barbados, according to a source familiar with the companys operations.

Last summer around the world the company would have been, at its biggest, about 575 staff, the source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said, and Id say after today, theyre probably down to 75.

The source estimated there were 50 people in Winnipeg let go, but said there could be more.

Canada Drugs made news across North America last spring when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration launched an investigation into the companys connection to the distribution of counterfeit Avastin, a cancer-fighting medication.

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Online pharmacy in counterfeit scandal lays off hundreds: Source