Weight loss drugs may become harder to get. What does that mean for patients?
When the FDA declared an Ozempic and Wegovy shortage, business boomed for pharmacies making cheaper, off-brand versions of the weight loss drugs. Now, the FDA is clamping down.
Ozempic and Wegovy shortage ends, setting up weight loss drug showdown
Ozempic and Wegovy, the popular GLP-1 drugs for diabetes and weight loss, are no longer in short supply, the FDA declared Friday. Why it matters: That's good news for Novo Nordisk (whose stock rose 5% Friday) and potentially bad news for Hims & Hers (which fell 26%).
Drug compounders sue FDA over declaration ending Wegovy shortage
Telehealth provider Hims & Hers said it will tell consumers they need to seek “alternative options on the commercial dosing,” but in earnings Monday still forecast higher revenue and profits in 2025.
Off-brand weight loss drug makers are suing the FDA again
A group that represents pharmacies that have been producing off-brand versions of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs just filed another lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This time, it’s over the health regulator’s decision to remove semaglutide — the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk’s (NVO) popular Ozempic and Wegovy treatments — from its drug shortage list.
Drug compounders sue over weight loss drugs’ removal from FDA shortage list
A trade group representing compounding pharmacies has filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for removing semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic, from its drug shortage list.
How drugs like Wegovy might affect kids in the long term
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In China you can get Ozempic and Wegovy within the hour for just $100 a month
Delivery apps are allowing Chinese citizens to get their hands on the popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs at the touch of ...
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Ozempic and Wegovy are no longer in shortage, FDA says
Blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic are no longer in shortage, the US Food and Drug Administration ...
Wegovy, Ozempic shortage declared over, hitting copycats like Hims & Hers
The ruling shows Novo Nordisk’s confidence that the supply of semaglutide will be stable for now.
Generic Wegovy, Ozempic compounds may become harder to get as FDA removes drug from shortage list
Compounding pharmacies producing cheaper semaglutide products have been given notice they will soon have to stop, as the drug ...
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Ozempic and Wegovy Officially Taken Off Shortage List
The popular medications may still suffer from local shortages, but FDA is confident that the national supply will remain ...
Ozempic lowers risk of depression — and not because people are happy they’re thinner
Jab for joy? A landmark study of nearly 30,000 patients found that the use of GLP-1 medications, which include Wegovy and Ozempic, could have “an antidepressant effect,” suggesting ...
Drug compounders sue US FDA over removal of Wegovy, Ozempic from shortage list
Drug compounders sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday over its decision last week to remove Novo Nordisk's ...
FDA declares end to Wegovy and Ozempic shortage
The agency first declared a shortage of semaglutide, the main ingredient used to make Ozempic and Wegovy, in 2022.
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Former 2FM star Louise McSharry says she feels her 'existence is a disease' as she speaks about rise of weight loss medicine
In the first episode of the The Skinny Jab Revolution presenter Kathryn Thomas looks at the emergence of GLP-1 drugs, such as ...
Eli Lilly takes aim at weight-loss drug copies with new ad campaign
Eli Lilly launched an ad campaign on Friday, cautioning patients against the risks of unapproved weight-loss drugs in its ...