Inside the thriving obesity black market drugs

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In Kenya, weight-loss drugs sold in the black market are turning traders into millionaires. FILE PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK

From pharmaceutical companies, and downtown traders, to online sellers, the race to get a slice of the obesity market is cutthroat.

Globally, Morgan Stanley Research made a bullish prediction, showing that the sale of obesity drugs could reach $54 billion (Sh6.7 trillion) by 2023, but this is before factoring in counterfeits sold in black markets.

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