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Brazil’s health regulator, Anvisa, approved the registration of five new semaglutide injection pens on Wednesday (29). The decision marks the entry of Brazilian pharmaceutical company Hypera, Switzerland’s Sandoz, and India’s Sun Pharma into the market for the molecule used in weight-loss pens made by Denmark’s Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer of Ozempic and Wegovy. Brazil has…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged people to use GLP-1 receptor agonists only under the supervision of qualified healthcare professionals. The advisory follows the rapid global rise in the use of these medicines, particularly for weight loss, and growing concerns over misuse and purchases from unregulated