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ASA bans online pharmacy adverts for weight loss injections in major enforcement drive

Summary by Business Matters
The UK’s advertising watchdog has banned online pharmacies from running adverts for prescription-only weight loss injections, in a landmark enforcement move aimed at tackling what it called a “wild west” culture of online selling. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have issued nine new rulings, setting out strict precedents for how weight loss medicines such as Wegovy and Mounjaro can be promoted. Under UK law, advertising prescription-on…
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Business Matters broke the news in on Friday, August 15, 2025.
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