Factbox: How to find and check an Ozempic batch number
Health authorities are warning patients to verify batch numbers on Ozempic and Wegovy pens to avoid counterfeit products. Criminals are increasingly packaging insulin or other substances in fake branding to capitalize on high demand.
Why it matters
Counterfeit medication poses a severe risk to patient safety and undermines trust in essential diabetes and weight-loss treatments.
Explosive demand and high prices for Novo Nordisk NOVOb.CO and Eli Lilly s LLY.N weight loss and diabetes drugs have fueled a criminal effort to package autoinjector pens containing other substances, such as insulin, with branding and batch numbers that make them look like Novo s Ozempic.
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