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Iowa's Board of Pharmacy fined SmartScripts $25,000 and placed CEO Todd Thompson's license on probation for selling counterfeit Ozempic.
Thompson claims he was unaware the Ozempic was fake and that none reached patients.
Multiple companies have filed lawsuits and judgments against SmartScripts and Thompson for various financial and contractual issues.
Iowa's Board of Pharmacy has fined an Iowa.-based telepharmacy $25,000 and put the pharmacy license of founder and CEO Todd Thompson on probationary status for five years after allegations that the company sold a fake version of the popular Ozempic weight-loss drug to another firm.
The pharmacy board also required the company, SmartScripts of Washington, located about 30 miles south of Iowa City where Thompson lives a