Lilly is finally losing it over the reta black market

Posted by erin_rows in Weight Loss & Metabolic - 2 points, 0 comments.

https://www.axios.com/2026/08/24/unapproved-obesity-drug-spawns-a-black-market-frenzy

This article is about Eli Lilly suing med spas and pharmacies for selling counterfeit retatrutide before it is even approved. They are basically trying to shut down the wild west of the current reta craze.

To be fair, it was only a matter of time. Your man Lilly cannot have some random shop in a strip mall making more noise than their own marketing team. It is gas that they are suing now when half the internet has already been talking about their results for months. I bet the lawsuits will do absolutely nothing to stop people from hunting for the stuff.

Do you think the counterfeits are actually as bad as they claim, or is this just a corporate power move to keep the price high? I reckon people will just find a different way to get it.

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