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New daily diabetes pill that helps with weight loss launches in UK pharmacies

Foundayo will be available on private prescription, with pharmacists warning of counterfeit GLP-1 problem A new daily pill that treats diabetes and helps with weight loss will be available in UK pharmacies from Monday. Pharmacists said the move would be welcome for people who cannot use weight-loss jabs, but also issued a warning over the growing problem of fake, unlicensed or counterfeit versions of GLP-1 tablets. C

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24 Aug 2026, 05:09 UTC
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Recorded article metadata

Publisher
The Guardian
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
24 Aug 2026, 05:01 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
Section
Health
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Foundayo will be available on private prescription, with pharmacists warning of counterfeit GLP-1 problem A new daily pill that treats diabetes and helps with weight loss will be available in UK pharmacies from Monday. Pharmacists said the move would be welcome for people who cannot use weight-loss jabs, but also issued a warning over the growing problem of fake, unlicensed or counterfeit versions of GLP-1 tablets. C
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    New daily diabetes pill that helps with weight loss launches in UK pharmacies

    Foundayo will be available on private prescription, with pharmacists warning of counterfeit GLP-1 problem A new daily pill that treats diabetes and helps with weight loss will be available in UK pharmacies from Monday. Pharmacists said the move would be welcome for people who cannot use weight-loss jabs, but also issued a warning over the growing problem of fake, unlicensed or counterfeit versions of GLP-1 tablets. C

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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
  • publisher category Diabetes rss-category
  • publisher category Drugs rss-category
  • publisher category Health rss-category
  • publisher category Science rss-category
  • publisher category Society rss-category
  • publisher category UK news rss-category
  • publisher category Weight-loss drugs rss-category
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#1872
Observed
24 Aug 2026, 05:09 UTC
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200 / parsed
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475,892 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt