{"id":90383,"date":"2026-05-04T20:48:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/french-regulator-fines-novo-and-lilly-over-weight-loss-ad-campaigns\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T20:48:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:48:33","slug":"french-regulator-fines-novo-and-lilly-over-weight-loss-ad-campaigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/french-regulator-fines-novo-and-lilly-over-weight-loss-ad-campaigns\/","title":{"rendered":"French regulator fines Novo and Lilly over weight loss ad campaigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As competition mounts in the red-hot market for weight loss drugs, France\u2019s medicines regulator fined Novo Nordisk approximately $2 million for running \u201cmisleading\u201d advertisements for its Wegovy and Saxenda medications.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety\u00a0also fined Eli Lilly roughly $127,000 over advertising for its Mounjaro obesity treatment that purportedly amounted to indirect promotion of a medicine for which a prescription is required.<\/p>\n<p>The penalties reflect increasing concern among regulators that weight loss medicines may be misused and, as result, promotions run by pharmaceutical companies are being closely scrutinized. 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