‘Promote semaglutide for weight loss and risk jail’: TGA

Social media influencers are warned they face prison and steep fines for pushing the off-label use

In its latest bid to solve the shortage of semaglutide (Ozempic), the TGA is threatening jail time and up to $1.1m in fines to social media influencers who continue to promote the drug for weight loss.

The watchdog is highlighting the consequences of illegally advertising semaglutide, with TikTok videos encouraging use of the diabetes medication as an off-label weight loss aid considered a major contributor to the global shortage of the drug.