Authorised retailers selling human medicines online
Any website in the EU/EEA authorised to sell medicines online to the general public must display a certain logo. This applies to both pharmacies and authorised retailers. Pharmacies and retailers selling human medicines online must display the green logo below on their websites.
There are two logos; a green logo and a blue logo. The green logo shown below is used for websites selling human medicines. The blue logo shown below is used for websites selling veterinary medicines. Read more about the blue logo.
The purpose of the logo is to indicate to consumers that the website they are visiting is a legally-operating online medicine retailer. The logo is to prevent falsified medicines from entering the legal supply chain.
Above: The green online logo to indicate if websites may legally sell human medicines
It is easy to check if you can trust a website:
- When buying from a website that sells human medicines online, look for the green logo.
- When you click on the logo, check if it takes you to a page that shows you the Danish Medicines Agency’s list of legally operating pharmacies or retailers.
- Check that the online pharmacy or retailer you have visited is listed there with a website address. Pharmacies/retailers on these lists have duly notified the Danish Medicines Agency that they sell medicines online. Pharmacies hold a licence and retailers hold an authorisation issued by the Danish Medicines Agency, giving them a right to sell medicines to consumers.
- If the pharmacy/retailer is registered on the relevant list, you can continue with your purchase from that website. Don’t buy human medicines from websites without the green logo.