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STAT
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Hims & Hers Health plans to sell compounded versions of Novo Nordisk’s popular weight loss drug Wegovy to patients in certain professions for $99 a month , Reuters says. Compounded GLP-1 injections are fulfilled and shipped from Hims & Hers affiliated pharmacies and are regulated by the FDA.
STAT
OCTOBER 6, 2023
judge dismissed its lawsuit accusing a compound pharmacy of selling versions of its Wegovy and Ozempic medicines, which are widely prescribed for weight loss and have become franchise products for the drug company. The drug maker argued the compounders were selling versions of its medicines that were never approved by the U.S.
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STAT
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
As the gold rush over weight-loss drugs accelerates, Eli Lilly filed lawsuits against several compounding pharmacies, spas and wellness centers around the U.S. The drug company accused four compound pharmacies of violating state laws because those versions were not approved by the U.S.
STAT
MAY 22, 2024
Australia to ban compounded versions of blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Mounjaro, Reuters reports. But the country’s health minister, Mark Butler, says that it’s harder to ensure the safety of compounded drugs, noting that one Australian was hospitalized after taking a compounded GLP-1 product.
STAT
MAY 15, 2023
At the urging of the Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding, the trade association I lead, the Food and Drug Administration in April 2020 issued temporary guidance allowing traditional compounding pharmacies, within tight regulatory guardrails, to prepare 13 Covid drugs from pure ingredients to meet hospitals’ urgent need.
STAT
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Novo Nordisk filed lawsuits against two compounding pharmacies for selling adulterated and misbranded compounded drugs claiming to contain semaglutide, the active ingredient in Wegovy and Ozempic (see here and here ). Testing of compounded drugs from these pharmacies revealed unknown impurities up to 33%, the company claims.
STAT
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
I first met Jane (not her real name, of course) on a Friday afternoon in our clinic. She was referred for further evaluation of her chest pain, which, in the context of her family history of early-onset heart attacks and her morbid obesity, understandably concerned her primary care doctor.
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