gray market

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This online marketplace, known as the gray market, is comprised of unregulated suppliers who sell legitimate medications, sometimes name-brand, outside the distribution channels authorized by the manufacturers.

From Seattle Times

In the meantime, we need better quality control for gray market products potentially containing leftovers from crude extraction processes, while making health claims that aren't entirely based on evidence.

From Salon

There is a thriving gray market for the medication, according to state media, which reported that scalpers in Beijing were selling it for up to $7,400 per box.

From Washington Post

After legalization, Valderrama, who had sold drugs illegally, navigated D.C.’s gray market, offering cannabis “gifts” with other branded Phone Homie merchandise like sweatshirts and stickers.

From Washington Post

In Cambodia’s weak legal system, surrogacy exists in a gray market.

From New York Times