FDA changes course over shortage of weight-loss drugs
Amid backlash, FDA changes course over shortage of weight-loss drugs
The FDA said Eli Lilly’s weight-loss drugs were no longer in shortage on Oct. 2, preventing pharmacies from making cheaper versions. After an outcry, it’s reconsidering.
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Reher: Counterfeit weight-loss drug crisis looms
Bad actors are using online ads, social media and bootleg ingredients to sell fake, inaccurate and harmful versions of these drugs, nearly indistinguishable from the real thing.
Weight-loss drugs could reduce risk of overdoses, new study says
A new study suggests that medications like Ozempic could help reduce the risk of overdose and alcohol intoxication in people with substance use disorders.
US FDA to reconsider decision barring compounded versions of Lilly weight loss drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday agreed to reconsider a decision it made last month to bar drug compounders from selling their own versions of Eli Lilly's blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drugs.
Drug makers can’t make knockoff weight-loss drugs anymore—and they’re mad
With the resolution, compounding pharmacies are no longer able to produce tirzepatide. And the FDA highlighted the point to the drug makers, writing in bold that the agency "reminds compounders of the legal restrictions on making copies of FDA-approved drugs."
What the End of a Tirzepatide Shortage Would Mean for Access to Compounded Weight Loss Drugs
In response to a lawsuit, the FDA has said that it will reevaluate its previous decision to remove tirzepatide from its shortage list. Here's what taking the drug of the list could mean for people taking tirzepatide or its compounded versions.
How will weight-loss drugs change our relationship with food?
We are now in the era of weight-loss drugs. Decisions on how these drugs will be used look likely to shape our future health and even what our society might look like. And, as researchers are finding,
Wegovy, other weight-loss drugs might help with alcoholism, opioid addiction
Weight-loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro or Zepbound appear to help people battle alcoholism and opioid addiction, a new study finds.
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FDA says compounding pharmacies can keep making weight-loss med tirzepatide, for now
Pharmacists may continue making compounded versions of the weight-loss medication tirzepatide ... are cheaper and easier to get. During FDA-declared drug shortages, compounding pharmacies can ...
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Eli Lilly's tirzepatide is off the FDA's shortage list: What it means for patients
Eli Lilly's weight-loss drug is no longer on the Food and Drug Administration's drug shortage list. Compounding pharmacies say this will limit patient access.
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FDA shakes up weight loss market as Mounjaro shortage ends
(The Hill) – Federal regulators shook up the booming weight loss drug marketplace ... Tirzepatide was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2022 and has no generic ...