Are your weight loss drugs safe?

Fake Ozempic adds to a glut of counterfeit pharmaceuticals.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters One Essential Read One Essential Read Recommended by Kate Turton, Newsletter Editor Knock-off batch numbers provide easy way to circulate fake weight loss drugs   As uptake of highly sought-after weight loss drugs increases, the problem of criminal organizations circulating potentially lethal fakes has emerged. Some do this with the help of forged drug batch numbers. In at least four countries, counterfeits sporting these batch numbers have resulted in hospitalizations. In the US, Nigeria and Iraq, the fake Ozempic shots looked like insulin pens, according to a Reuters review of the documents and regulator announcements. Read more Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters.com Reuters One Essential Read is sent three days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. Reuters Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement © 2024 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036