Mehmet Oz, the television-personality doctor and Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, pitched herbal supplements and other products to his millions of social media followers without properly disclosing that he had a business relationship with the company selling them, according to a letter published Tuesday.” with iHerb, which sells everything from vitamins and supplements to pet food.
And in 2019, Oz did a glowing segment on the weight-loss drug Ozempic, in which he mentioned the drug’s manufacturer, “trusted partner” Novo Nordisk. The companysponsoring the segment to the Post, but said it didn’t have an ongoing relationship with Oz. The Post noted Oz still promotes the drug on his website, as well as another drug, iHerb’s Collagen-Up, which he describes as an answer to sagging skin resulting from weight loss, which has been called “Ozempic face.