Wait list for weight loss as Ozempic replicas banned in four months

Wait list for weight loss as Ozempic replicas banned in four months

Elyse used a compound version of Ozempic for a year to lose weight. She says taking replicas off the market will only create more distress and anxiety.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos

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Australia to ban replicas of weight loss drugs Ozempic and Mounjaro

Australia to ban replicas of weight loss drugs Ozempic and Mounjaro

The ban will drastically reduce the availability of the popular weight-loss injections – which have been in short supply globally – and disrupt the businesses capitalising on the huge demand.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
It introduced Ozempic to the world. Now it must remake itself

It introduced Ozempic to the world. Now it must remake itself

Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk has eclipsed French luxury group LVMH to become Europe’s most valuable company – thanks to demand for diabetes and weight-loss drugs.

  • byEshe Nelson
‘I can’t really explain it’:Ozempic works,so why is writer Johann Hari conflicted?

‘I can’t really explain it’:Ozempic works,so why is writer Johann Hari conflicted?

The bestselling author went down a rabbit hole of research before taking it,emerging slimmer and with a book about the experience.

  • byAmanda Hooton
The benefits of introducing apple cider vinegar to your diet

The benefits of introducing apple cider vinegar to your diet

While research supports some health claims around the popular drink,other studies show it can cause more harm than good.

  • byAlice Callahan
In a fat-phobic world,Ozempic is hardly the easy way out
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Opinion

In a fat-phobic world,Ozempic is hardly the easy way out

The backlash labelling the drug akin to cheating is one of the most blatant examples of medical gaslighting to date.

  • byHannah Vanderheide
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Are artificial sweeteners helpful or harmful? Even experts are torn

Are artificial sweeteners helpful or harmful? Even experts are torn

New research just adds to the confusion about the controversial ingredient,included in diet soft drinks and yoghurts.

  • bySarah Berry
Fasting affects women differently from men. So should they still do it?

Fasting affects women differently from men. So should they still do it?

It’s hugely popular,but the effects of intermittent fasting are different for women. Is it a harmful or helpful approach?

  • bySarah Berry
Oprah jumping on the Ozempic bandwagon is,frankly,just sad
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Opinion

Oprah jumping on the Ozempic bandwagon is,frankly,just sad

Somehow it feels like one of the world’s most celebrated media forces has morphed into a crass shill for Big Pharma.

  • byKate Halfpenny
Three studies,hundreds of kilos:Did we find the weight loss silver bullet?
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Three studies,hundreds of kilos:Did we find the weight loss silver bullet?

Scientists have linked three common and cheap pantry items with significant weight loss. But are these silver bullets as mythical as werewolves?

  • byAngus Dalton
Australia’s largest online weight-loss business at loggerheads with regulators
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Australia’s largest online weight-loss business at loggerheads with regulators

One of the nation’s fastest-growing technology start-ups has accused Australian medical regulators of damaging patient outcomes.

  • byDavid Swan