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Wegovy: Regulators removing ‘around 100’ social media POM ads every day

 
• By Kate Bowie

A joint regulator “enforcement operation” is cracking down on swathes of businesses using social media to promote prescription-only medicines (POMs), while the government has raised concerns over online pharmacies prescribing weight loss drugs.  

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The operation focuses “on monitoring ads in non-paid space such as on Instagram"
Kate Bowie

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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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