Ozempic: How a TikTok weight loss trend caused a global diabetes drug shortage
Produced by the Danish company Novo Nordisk, Ozempic is an injectable drug that regulates blood sugar levels and insulin. But the drug’s active ingredient, semaglutide, also mimics a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1 that targets areas of the brain that regulate appetite and food. On Wednesday, the regulator said recent estimates suggested that over the course […]