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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harriette Boucher

UK unable to tackle weight-loss drug black market, MP warns

The UK’s medicines regulator does not have the resources to tackle a black market for counterfeit weight-loss pills, an MP has claimed.

Layla Moran, the chair of the health and social care committee, issued the warning following the approval of oral Wegovy pills last month, which experts fear could lead to a mass-production of fake drugs.

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