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NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf said on Wednesday that he is very concerned about the prevalence of compounded and fake versions of highly in demand new weight loss drugs online. Consumers seeking these medicines are attracted to compounded versions that are sold without proper controls to ensure they get the right active drug, Califf said in a Reuters Newsmaker interview. "In the context of the total picture of illicit drugs being sold on the internet, it's almost certainly bigger than, much bigger than what we see," he sai...

Fake Ozempic has been found in a number of countries around the world, including the U.S., where the FDA seized thousands of units of the drug.

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The agency has seized thousands of knockoffs of Ozempic, a drug approved for adults with type 2 diabetes.

Eleven people suffered bouts of dangerously low blood sugar in Lebanon this year, one of whom required hospitalization, after injecting suspected fake versions of Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Ozempic, according Lebanese health officials. A director for the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, Rita Karam, said officials suspected the drugs were fake after discovering the doses were different from the ones calibrated for authentic Ozempic injector pens. Explosive demand for Ozempic and other drugs used for weight loss, including Eli Lilly's Mounjaro and Novo's Wegovy, is fueling ...