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“GLP-1 patches”: High street wellness brand slammed for its “literally Ozempic” ads

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By Elisabeth Mahase Verified, affiliationsThe BMJ
| The BMJ Verified
A wellness brand sold in high street pharmacies in the UK has been criticised by doctors for its advertisements promoting a “GLP-1 patch” as “literally Ozempic” but “10 times healthier” on social media. The ad features a young woman who takes a patch off her upper arm with text stating “DO NOT GET Oz3mp!c” superimposed above her. She says: “It is time to take off my GLP-1 patch. I am on day 4. “I used to be addicted to semaglutide, which is basically just Ozempic.
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Yvette Cooper took almost £500 000 from a donor with commercial ties to the NHS

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By Elisabeth Mahase Verified, affiliationsThe BMJ
| The BMJ Verified
Over the past decade new health secretary Yvette Cooper has taken almost half a million pounds from a donor linked to healthcare recruitment, or from companies ultimately owned and controlled by him, The BMJ can reveal. The donor in question was businessman Peter Hearn, who for years held a significant stake in NHS and private healthcare recruitment firm Odgers.
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Devolution revolution: what could Andy Burnham mean for community pharmacy?

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By Elisabeth Mahase Verified
| The Pharmaceutical Journal Verified
One week after winning the intense Makerfield by-election in June 2026, former health secretary and now prime minister Andy Burnham set out one key part of his vision for the country: devolution. “The days of Whitehall fighting the devolution of power into the regions and nations are over, for good,” the former Greater Manchester mayor told a room full of journalists and politicians.
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MJA Newcomer

2019

MJA Podcast of the Year

2020