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Be aware of fake pharmacy websites offering weight-loss medicines – MHRA warns

Illegal weight-loss medicines may contain toxins and other ingredients that could cause real harm The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has cautioned...

Man sentenced for illegal import and pharmaceutical sales of unlicensed medicines

The MHRA's Criminal Enforcement Unit led Operation Bentley, during which UK Border Force intercepted four parcels from China containing over 170,000 doses of unlicensed...

WHO issues alert on fake copies of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug Ozempic

Falsified batches of Ozempic (semaglutide) were detected in Brazil, the UK, Northern Ireland and the United States The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a...

Fake Ozempic and Saxenda pens found in the UK

MHRA has seized the injections sold through ‘non-legitimate’ routes The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has warned the public to avoid buying pre-filled...

Fake Ozempic: Several people admitted to a hospital in Austria

The patients have suffered serious side effects due to injected insulin instead of semaglutide It has been reported that several Austrians have been taken to...

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