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Obesity: Drugs

Commons · Question 4937 · Tabled 9 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 12 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Ben Spencer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of online advertising regulations for prescription weight loss drugs.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 12 Sep 2024

The advertising and promotion of medicines in the United Kingdom is set out under the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (Part 14). These legal requirements are set out in the Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) Blue Guide, which is ...