Weight loss jabs’ medicine-cosmetics blurring ‘raises black market drugs risk’
The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has warned of a 'blurring of the edges' between medicine and cosmetics, leading to a rise in black market sales of weight loss jabs. The agency's head of criminal enforcement unit, Andy Morling, stated that profit margins from these sales can rival those of cocaine and heroin.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has seized 81,000 doses of weight loss jabs in the last three years. Most of these products are genuine but have not been produced in accordance with manufacturing processes, making their sterility and dosage questionable. The agency's head, Andy Morling, warned that accessing these products through the black market is a significant risk. A recent case involved a 53-year-old woman who died after being administered a dose of semaglutide illegally. The agency has 55 officers patrolling the internet for illegal sellers and is working to raise awareness about the dangers of black market weight loss jabs.
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