Medicines watchdog says criminals are designing packaging and branding to look like legitimate product
Archived version: https://archive.is/20251111071730/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/11/crime-gangs-in-uk-start-making-own-branded-weight-loss-drugs
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In Canada, some idiot at Novo ignored letters to renew the Ozempic patent and now the patent is expired in Canada. That drug had about $10B of income before patent expiry, now generics are being made.
Officially the dumbest corporate mistake ever. But they saved $400 in a processing fee.