Pharma exec collapses near Trump at White House obesity-drug event

A guest at the Oval Office collapsed at a press event Thursday afternoon — in the presence of President Trump and others, including Dr. Mehmet Oz, who rushed to his aid.

The scary moment, which was caught on camera, came as the White House was rolling out an obesity-drug announcement before the attendee appeared in distress and the video feeds were cut.

“Are you OK? Gordon, you OK?” asked Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks as the man began to fall over.

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“Press out!” officials shouted as Trump rose from his seat at the Resolute Desk and Oz rushed to help.

As the man was helped to the floor, Oz, Trump’s administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, bent over to check on him.

The identity of the man was not immediately revealed, but White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later said he was a representative of one of the drug companies and was now doing “okay” after a fainting spell.

“The White House Medical Unit quickly jumped into action, and the gentleman is okay,” she said.

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The press conference was momentarily delayed, but when it restarted again, Trump said the attendee got a “little bit lightheaded.”

“You saw he went down, and he’s fine. We just sent him out and he’s got doctor’s care, but he’s fine,” he said. “So we had a little bit of an interruption.”

Online chatter initially claimed the man was Gordon Findlay, an executive at Novo Nordisk, which makes Ozempic, Rybelsus and Wegovy.

But the company told The Post that CEO Mike Doustdar and Dave Moore, EVP, US Operations, were the only two Novo Nordisk reps on hand.

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“We hope the gentleman who suffered a medical incident today is okay,” the company said.

It was not immediately clear what medical issue caused the participant to collapse, though it is not uncommon for attendees to faint at White House events.

Oz, 65, was in the middle of another medical scare this year when his 11-year-old granddaughter fainted during a press event at the White House in April.

He had just been sworn in to his current role when Trump started fielding questions from reporters and the 11-year-old relative passed out.