Millions order weight-loss jabs

ALMOST 2.5 million people in Britain ordered weight-loss jabs in July, according to new estimates.

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The NHS has started its roll-out of Mounjaro to aid weight loss

However, a big price hike introduced in September may have seen some turn away from Mounjaro, dubbed the King Kong of weight-loss injections.

Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly said in August it was putting up the list price of the drug by as much as 170%.

Some will have stopped taking jabs altogether as a result and others will have switched to cheaper alternatives, such as Wegovy.

Figures from life science analytics company IQVIA show that 2.49 million packs of Mounjaro and Wegovy were purchased in July - up from 493,000 the previous year.