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American access to B.C. stocks of diabetes drug Ozempic slashed

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Ozempic was being sent to American customers mostly from two online B.C. pharmacies using prescriptions issued by a doctor in Nova Scotia.

A new rule to limit American access to a diabetes drug also used for weight loss has worked, says the B.C. government.

After the College of Pharmacists of B.C. raised concerns with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia, the doctor was temporarily suspended. An investigation into the two online B.C. pharmacies is still continuing.

 

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