{"id":534652,"date":"2026-07-10T12:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/534652\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T12:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:46:16","slug":"sahpra-orders-urgent-recall-of-compounded-weight-loss-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/534652\/","title":{"rendered":"SAHPRA orders urgent recall of compounded weight-loss drug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG &#8211; South Africa&#8217;s booming weight-loss drug market is under scrutiny.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) has issued an urgent recall of compounded GLP-1 medicines.<\/p>\n<p>The products are compounded versions of popular weight-loss and diabetes medicines, including Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro.<\/p>\n<p>Pretoria-based iDexis, which trades as Sentra Pharmacy, is the manufacturer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">READ | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/news\/online-betting-weight-loss-drugs-less-takeouts-what-sans-are-spending\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Online betting, weight-loss drugs, less takeout\u2019s \u2013 What SAns are spending on<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sahpra said the recall follows inspections that identified serious safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Patients are urged to return the products to their healthcare provider or pharmacy for reimbursement.<\/p>\n<p>The regulator has warned that any healthcare professional found dispensing, prescribing, or holding stock of the recalled products could face disciplinary action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JOHANNESBURG &#8211; South Africa&#8217;s booming weight-loss drug market is under scrutiny.\u00a0 The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[163,85,46,482],"class_list":["post-534652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}