After a number of Austrians were treated in a hospital with what was believed to be a fake weight loss drug called Ozempic, Austria’s Office for Healthcare Safety, known as BASG, announced that they had reported “serious side effects” including low blood sugar and seizures. knock down.
Subsequently, BASG revealed that these traces indicated that the aforementioned medications “wrongly contained insulin” instead of the active ingredient of Ozempic, which is semaglutide, according to what was published by the BBC website.
While the investigation into this file is ongoing, the Austrian criminal intelligence service, the BK, said that the people affected had received the injections from a doctor in Austria, warning that counterfeit medicine injections may still be spreading and adding that the counterfeit injection pens were a darker blue colour. From the original products.
Finally, the European Medicines Agency, the EMA, warned that the increase in demand for Ozempic has led to a “short supply” in diabetics, and the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency (MHRA) confirmed that it is working closely with its regulatory partners internationally. “To continue to keep the broader supply chain secure, both at home and abroad.”
2023-10-27 13:56:00
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