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A new obesity drug that hasn't been FDA approved is available on underground market

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published January 15, 2026 at 10:59 AM CST

A new obesity drug that Eli Lilly is researching but hasn’t approved is turning up online, even though it’s not supposed to be available.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Sarah Zhang, staff writer at the Atlantic.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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