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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Nicola Davis Science correspondent

‘Wild west’: experts concerned by illegal promotion of weight-loss jabs in UK

Ads for Wegovy (semaglutide) and other weight-loss injections outside Penn Station in New York.
Ads for Wegovy (semaglutide) and other weight-loss treatments outside Penn Station in New York. Photograph: Richard Levine/Alamy

Weight-loss injections are being aggressively marketed to British consumers through often illegal promotions, in a practice experts have described as a “wild west” industry of drug selling.

The booming market for jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro has triggered a price battle among online pharmacies, with even high-street chains cashing in on the soaring demand.

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