The UK's MHRA has welcomed the Advertising Standards Authority's first bans on adverts promoting oral weight-loss medicines, including action against Simple Online Pharmacy and Pharmacy Online. The rulings covered unlicensed treatments and prescription-only Wegovy (semaglutide). The MHRA warned organisations breaching advertising rules could face regulatory action, stressing that stimulating consumer demand for prescription medicines is not permitted.
UK MHRA backs ASA ban on oral weight-loss medicine ads
Source: EMJ