Hyderabad, Aug. 15 -- The Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) has detected violations in 43 medical shops during a statewide special enforcement drive against weight-loss drugs, including Mounjaro, Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus.

The raids were conducted on Friday, August 14, at medical shops across the state to check the sale of drugs containing Tirzepatide and Semaglutide, as well as generic equivalents of Semaglutide marketed by various pharmaceutical companies.

According to the DCA, the enforcement drive focused particularly on detecting spurious and counterfeit batches of Mounjaro, Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus and other weight-loss medicines. Officials also examined whether medical shops were complying with the rules governi...