Health authorities warn of serious risks from fake medicines

Health authorities have warned of the serious risks from fake medicines.

Health authorities have warned of the serious risks from fake medicines that claim to contain the same ingredient as the weight loss drug Ozempic after a massive upsurge in seizures in the last 12 months.

There have been 254 seizures of medicines claiming to contain semaglutide since the start of the year. That compares to just 32 seizures across the whole of 2022.