Listen Now: Business Wars | The Race to Ozempic

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Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.2 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Business is war. Sometimes the prize is your wallet or your attention. Sometimes, it’s just the fun of beating the other guy. The outcome of these battles shapes what we buy and how we live. Business Wars gives you the unauthorized, real story of what drives these companies and their leaders, innovators, investors and executives to new heights -- or to ruin. In the newest season of Business Wars, dive into the high-stakes race to supply the world’s hottest weight-loss drug. Listen to Business Wars: The Race to Ozempic: https://wondery.fm/BW_IFD

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0:00.0	The miracle weight loss drug, Ozempic, took America by storm, with celebrities and influencers
0:05.5	singing its praises. But as demand explodes, supply just can't keep up. Now desperate consumers
0:12.1	are turning to dangerous alternatives, unregulated knockoffs from online pharmacies, with no
0:17.9	guarantee of what's actually inside those vials.
0:21.2	I'm David Brown, host of business wars.
0:23.2	In our latest season, we're pulling back the curtain on the high-stakes battle between
0:27.2	pharmaceutical giants Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly.
0:31.0	It's a race against time as they fight to meet surging demand, while mysterious counterfeits
0:35.9	flood the market.
0:37.0	Can they close the supply gap before
0:39.0	one bad vial destroys everything? You're about to hear a clip from Business Wars. Make sure to follow
0:45.2	business wars on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcast. It's August 2025.
1:01.2	An SUV full of FDA agents pulls into a shipping yard in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1:06.1	Behind them, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nations roll in.
1:09.9	Engines rumbling.
1:17.6	The agents pile out of their vehicles and walk across the yard, which is crammed with thousands of shipping containers. Soon, the crates will be loaded onto semi-trucks and shipped all over the country.
1:23.6	The agents make their way to the manager's office, a dusty white trailer at the center of the lot.
1:30.1	The door opens, and a confused-looking man steps out.
1:34.2	An agent hands him a warrant, and then the raid begins.
1:39.2	Agents fan out throwing open shipping containers and ripping open boxes.
1:43.9	Finally, an agent steps into a container that
1:46.4	recently arrived from Hong Kong. He pulls out a razor blade, slices open one of the cardboard boxes,
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