(Reuters) - Explosive demand and high prices for Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly's weight loss and diabetes drugs have fueled a criminal effort to package autoinjector pens containing other substances, ...

(Reuters) -In December, Drew, a 36-year-old man from San Antonio, Texas, drove more than 250 miles (400 km) to Mexico to buy cheap Ozempic to help him lose weight. Going home, he checked the pens.

In December, Drew, a 36-year-old man from San Antonio, Texas, drove more than 250 miles to Mexico to buy cheap Ozempic to help him lose weight. Going home, he checked the pens. They looked unusual, so ...

Criminals are distributing fake versions of the weight-loss drug Ozempic by forging the drug batch numbers pharmaceutical companies use to authenticate drugs and track them in a specified country.