OPINION
What's The GLP-1 Black Market, How Big a Threat Is It?
By Sally PipesThursday, 21 August 2025 05:12 PM EDT
The GLP-1 Black Market Threatens U.S. American Patients and Patents
A black market in weight-loss drugs is flourishing in plain sight.
Rogue pharmacies and telehealth firms are flooding the United States with unauthorized knock-offs of semaglutide, tirzepatide, and other glucagon-like peptide-1 drugs.
Better known by brand names like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound, the knock-off versions of these drugs are being manufactured with foreign ingredients, often sourced from China, and are not subject to approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
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