VICTORIA — British Columbia is bringing in a new regulation immediately to ensure diabetes patients don't face a shortage of the drug Ozempic, touted by celebrities for its weight loss side-effects.
Health Minister Adrian Dix said Wednesday the change will ensure patients in B.C. and Canada needing Ozempic to treat their Type 2 diabetes will continue to have access to that medication and other drugs that may require protection in the future.
"We do not bring drugs to B.C. for them to be re-exported to the United States,” Dix said at a news conference. The changes come after the discovery that about 15 per cent of Ozempic prescriptions were being filled at two Vancouver locations for shipment to the United States. Dix said the College of Pharmacists of BC will be responsible for ensuring its registrants comply with the new regulation.
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