Hundreds of online sellers are offering Eli Lilly’ & Co.’s LLY retatrutide weight-loss drug for sale, even though the drug is years away from gaining regulatory approval, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday based on its own review of the matter. The bulk of the sellers appears to be Chinese who are shipping directly to U.S. consumers from sites such as one called Made-in-China.com. Some of the sites, that appear to be based in the U.S., are marketing their offers on Facebook META, LinkedIn MSFT and Reddit and a few have put ads on Instagram and Google GOOGL, In one instance, a fitness influencer is peddling the drug…
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