Weight-loss drugs among £45m of illegally traded medicines seized in 2025
Abstract
More than 5,000 illegally traded glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) products were seized by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in 2025, it has announced. On 26 January 2026, the MHRA said that weight-loss drugs were among almost 20 million doses of illegally traded medicines seized in 2025 by the agency’s Criminal Enforcement Unit (CEU), with a street value […]
Fields of Study & Subjects
Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting
Crime
Illicit Activities
and Governance
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Pharmaceutical journal/The pharmaceutical journal
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026