In a press release from November 2023, the company announced that they were bringing lawsuits against two compounding pharmacies for selling adulterated and misbranded compounded drugs claiming to contain semaglutide. In a statement to Healthline, a Novo Nordisk representative said: To date, Novo Nordisk has filed a total of 12 legal actions against medical spas, weight loss or medical clinics, and compounding pharmacies to cease and desist from false advertising, trademark infringement and unlawful sales of non-FDA approved compounded products claiming to contain semaglutide
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The cost is not yet known, but when the Wegovy pill launched in the US, the starting dose of 1.5mg was listed at $149 a month, equating to around 110
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