All four drugs are in a class of wildly popular weight loss drugs known as GLP-1s.
In the United Kingdom, authorities last year seized hundreds of counterfeit Ozempic pens — insulin pens that had been relabeled as Ozempic.
Counterfeit weight loss drugs have serious health risks, according to the pharmaceutical companies and federal officials.
Counterfeiters are already trying to cash in on a weight loss drug that the company hasn't even put on the market yet: retatrutide.
But it's also one of the epicenters of the lucrative counterfeit drug trade, according to U.S. authorities who track counterfeit drugs.
Persons:
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Organizations:
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Locations:
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