Weight-Loss Drugs Like Ozempic Are Creating a Hidden Environmental Disaster

Ozempic and similar peptide-based drugs generate millions of pounds of hazardous waste each year. A new water-based approach is now being developed to reduce that impact. Ozempic helped turn peptide drugs into a pharmaceutical juggernaut. Now scientists are asking a tougher question: what is the environmental cost of making them? Peptides, short chains of amino [...]