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MHRA seizes £2 million worth of fake weight loss medicines in Birmingham

The raid, also conducted by West Midlands Police, seized over 12,000 fake retatrutide and tirzepatide pens and packaging for 30,000 more products.

15 Oct 2026

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Family Chemist aiming for £100 million turnover in GLP-1 boom

The Family Chemist is aiming to double its turnover to £100 million

25 Aug 2026

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Boots pauses ‘temperature sensitive’ GLP-1 jab home deliveries amid heatwave

Chain says weight loss injections can’t reliably be transported in 30C heat

13 Aug 2026

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Lilly’s Mounjaro delivery scheme opens up to GPhC-registered pharmacies

Lilly Direct was previously available only to clinics without a registered pharmacy

03 Aug 2026

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Contractors raise concerns about Mounjaro clawbacks sought by Lilly

IPCN members say Lilly’s ‘substantial deductions’ cannot be reconciled with purchase records

31 Jul 2026

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Novo Nordisk’s £16m profit ‘driven by private Wegovy sales’

‘Rest of the portfolio in decline’ say Novo Nordisk UK directors

24 Jul 2026

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Warning for pharmacist who prescribed Mounjaro at ‘unregulated aesthetics clinic’

Prescription forms ‘did not accurately reflect prescribing entity’ finds GPhC

22 Jul 2026

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‘Easier to counterfeit’: GPhC issues Wegovy pill warning

1 in 5 weight loss medicine users did not have treatment prescribed by a HCP, finds survey

09 Jul 2026

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Pharmacies placing ‘large orders’ with wholesalers as Wegovy tablets launch in UK

Product launching via a phased roll-out with lower strengths available first

06 Jul 2026

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‘Strong interest’: Superdrug launches £99 Wegovy pill service

Chain launches service on its Online Doctor portal following MHRA oral semaglutide approval

03 Jul 2026

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Lilly partners with P2U on private Mounjaro dispensing service

New scheme will see private Mounjaro prescriptions despatched by Pharmacy2U

29 Jun 2026

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Over 60 Boots stores now offer private weight loss service

Oral Wegovy to be introduced as an option for in-store service

29 Jun 2026

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DSP launches peptides-led weight management brand with £1.3m campaign

MedPal AI announces brand launch in anticipation of Wegovy pill approval

21 May 2026

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‘Transformative’ weight loss market driving threefold growth in private dispensing

Over 16 million Mounjaro units dispensed in the year to March, say analysts

18 May 2026

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Less than half of UK adults aware that GLP-1s are prescription medicines

Online ads perceived as putting pressure on women to lose weight, ASA survey finds

02 Apr 2026

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MHRA re-issues GLP-1 product information to strengthen pancreatitis warning

Watchdog updates patient information to highlight 'rare' risk of severe pancreatitis

03 Feb 2026

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