Drug compounders aren’t ready to give up their ability to produce off-brand versions of Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy and diabetes treatment Ozempic without a fight. An industry group has sued the U.

A lawsuit challenges the FDA's decision to remove semaglutide from the shortage list, alleging it was arbitrary and harms patients who rely on compounded versions of the drug.

Outsourcing Facilities Association and North American Custom Laboratories allege the FDA removed semaglutide from its official shortage list arbitrarily and without warning.

Blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic are no longer in shortage, the US Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.

The FDA announcement confirms that the U.S. supply of both prescription-only drugs now meets or exceeds the current and projected demand in the country, the Danish pharmaceutical company said.

Compounding pharmacies aren’t surrendering their ability to create cheaper knockoff versions of Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk’s weight loss drugs without a fight. | Compounding pharmacies aren’t surrendering their ability to create cheaper knockoff versions of Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk’s weight loss drugs without a fight.

The FDA’s decision will threaten the ability of compounding pharmacies to make far cheaper, unbranded versions of the injections over the next few months.

Drug compounders sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday over its decision last week to remove Novo Nordisk's weight-loss and diabetes treatments Wegovy and Ozempic from its shortage list,

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.

Makers of copycat versions of Novo Nordisk's (NVO) popular weight-loss drug semaglutide, also known as Ozempic and Wegovy, are suing the FDA for removing the GLP-1 medication from its shortage list. The Outsourcing Facilities Association,