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Health apps selling copycat weight-loss drugs face reckoning
Original: health apps profiting from copycat weight-loss drugs on borrowed time
Health apps that have been profiting from selling copycat versions of weight-loss drugs may soon face regulatory or legal limits, according to a Polish Radio report. The item suggests the current business model — telehealth platforms dispensing compounded or imitation GLP-1 medications — is on borrowed time, though no specific companies, regulators or dates are named.
Why now: Ongoing scrutiny of telehealth apps cashing in on the boom in off-brand weight-loss drugs as regulators move to tighten rules
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- health apps profiting from copycat weight-loss drugs on borrowed time · polskieradio.pl
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