Canada’s health minister calls Ozempic export to US ‘heinous’ abuse
Duclos: Ways to prevent massive exports of drugs will be explored in the future
Canada’s federal health minister says he is working with provinces to prevent the massive export of essential medicines after thousands of doses of diabetes and diet drug Ozempic were shipped from British Columbia to the United States.
Jean-Yves Duclos said the level of “abuse” was “appalling” after a Texas doctor licensed to practice in Nova Scotia wrote 17,000 prescriptions for the drug. The prescriptions are filled by two British Columbia pharmacies and mailed to U.S. residents.
The Nova Scotia College of Physicians and Surgeons said it temporarily suspended the doctor’s license after learning of the prescriptions.
Duclos said legal avenues to prevent the bulk export of drugs will be explored in the future through the Food and Drugs Act.
B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix joined Duclos at a news conference Wednesday in Vancouver. -month period.
Dix said the federal and provincial assistant deputy health ministers have met to discuss preserving the ozone supply for Canadians and will look for a permanent solution.
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