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What are GLP-1 medicines? Do they help with weight loss and diabetes, and what are their side effects?GLP-1 medications are prescription treatments used in the UK to manage type 2 diabetes and, in certain cases, medically supervised weight l...
19 Dec, 2025, 10.21 PM IST
Novo Nordisk launches limited offer: New patients can start Ozempic or Wegovy for $199 a monthNovo Nordisk is offering a new discount on its GLP-1 drugs Ozempic and Wegovy for a short time. The prices are lower for both new and exist...
18 Nov, 2025, 03.52 AM IST
US sanctions Indian nationals and online pharmacy for supplying 'counterfeit fentanyl-laden pills'The U.S. Treasury’s OFAC sanctioned Indian nationals Sadiq Abbas Habib Sayyed and Khizar Mohammad Iqbal Shaikh, along with an India-based o...
24 Sep, 2025, 10.23 PM IST
Mounjaro weight loss and blood sugar warning: Fake injections spark dangerous side effects, ER visits — are you on the deadly knockoff without knowing it?Fake weight loss drugs are flooding the UK market, sparking health warnings from doctors who say they can cause serious blood sugar problem...
30 Jun, 2025, 08.37 PM IST
India, Dominican Republic packaged deadly synthetic opioids into pills: US report warns of risks from online pharmaciesNearly 35,000 online pharmacies worldwide are operating illegally, risking the distribution of ineffective or dangerous drugs, says the U.S...
09 Jan, 2025, 03.27 PM IST
Ozempic frenzy lures rich Indians to brave the gray marketPeople are going to great lengths to obtain popular weight-loss drugs. They are stashing injectables in their carry-on luggage, buying coun...
19 Jun, 2024, 08.25 AM IST
eBay to pay $59 million to settle US charges over illegal pill-making machinesThe settlement arose from eBay's alleged inadequate monitoring since October 2015 of thousands of pill presses and encapsulating machines s...
01 Feb, 2024, 12.28 AM IST
Set to conquer US, Indian 'Viagras' may give Pfizer a hard timeThe nearing end of Pfizer's patent will open floodgates of the lucrative US market to Indian companies.
07 Aug, 2018, 03.23 PM IST
Do you buy medicines online? Know these risksShopping for medicines online is catching up like all e-purchases. However, make sure you are in the safe zone.
13 Jun, 2017, 08.14 AM IST
A look at how epharmacies are trying to wade through a regulatory maze and resistance from offline chemists"Epharmacy business model is like prepaid mobile. A consumer with a chronic ailment will have to keep buying medicines," Amit Somani, manag...
18 Sep, 2016, 04.27 AM IST
Americans want to pop made in India Sovaldi drug for 1 per cent of the costThe drug is showing up for sale alongside illegal goods and narcotics on the dark web, which can be accessed through identity-hiding softwa...
03 Jun, 2015, 10.42 AM IST
Detect counterfeit drugs through cloud services technology, system evolved from HP's pilot African projectThe system evolved from a pilot programme implemented in Africa to check the authenticity of life-saving drugs distributed there.
29 Sep, 2011, 02.40 PM IST
- Global pharma MNCs find China tough
Colleen Cheng and Angel Chen, Chinese marketing executives in their 30s, should be the ideal customers for US and European drugmakers.
26 Dec, 2007, 04.26 AM IST