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2022

HPRA warning over online purchases of bogus cancer 'miracle cure'

Users of private social media groups based in Ireland have also been sharing tips on how to bring the drug into the country.

Health product watchdogs are investigating the use of a so-called "miracle cure" for cancer, writes Garreth MacNamee.

Quantities of the drug are suspected to have been brought into the country recently.

It is primarily being brought into the jurisdiction from North America, it is understood.

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Jan 10th 2022, 12:05 AM