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Eli Lilly Sues in London High Court to Block Fake Mounjaro Sites
Eli Lilly is suing in London's High Court to block sites selling fake Mounjaro, naming six UK internet providers as defendants.
Key points
- Lilly's case names six UK internet providers, including BT, EE, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media, as defendants.
- The company instructed Kirkland & Ellis, and the case appeared in the public court system on Thursday.
- An estimated 1.6m adults in England, Wales and Scotland used Wegovy or Mounjaro to lose weight, according to BMC Medicine research.
Why it matters. If granted, the sought order would require internet providers to block UK consumers from reaching the sites, a step the High Court already took in May against semaglutide sellers.
US drugmaker Eli Lilly has brought a case at London's High Court seeking to shut black-market sites that sell counterfeit versions of its medicines, a filing that surfaced on Thursday. Six internet providers, including BT, Sky and Virgin Media, are named as defendants, and the company is using the law firm Kirkland & Ellis. The move follows a May order, the first of its kind, requiring major UK providers to block sites selling counterfeit semaglutide, Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug.
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Eli Lilly Sues in London High Court to Block Fake Mounjaro Sites
Eli Lilly has launched legal action in the London High Court against websites selling counterfeit versions of Mounjaro, according to City AM. The US pharmaceutical company wants the court to block black-market sites that sell fake versions of the medicine. Mounjaro is the brand name of tirzepatide, a drug used for diabetes and weight management. Counterfeit weight-loss and diabetes medicines pose health risks to patients who buy them online. The report does not say when a hearing is scheduled or how many sites are named in the claim.
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