FDA, Weight loss and diabetes drugs

Weight-loss drugs aren’t just slimming waists. They’re shifting the economy.
Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy may not be the lightbulb, jet airplane or internet, but their impact is expected to be so significant it could shift GDP.
Novo’s Weight Loss Drugs Removed from FDA Shortage List
The FDA said weight-loss and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic are no longer on shortage list. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday there was no longer a shortage of Novo Nordisk’s popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs,
Yearslong shortage of popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs is resolved, FDA says
In December, the FDA declared that shortages of treatments Zepbound and Mounjaro from another drugmaker, Eli Lilly and Co., also had been resolved. Zepbound is approved to treat obesity and Mounjaro is approved for diabetes. They use the same active ingredient, tirzepatide.
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One participant lost 22% of her weight in nine months — substantially faster than the rate seen with approved GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound. Her weight dropped so much that researchers reduced her dose of the treatment, called retatrutide. Still, she continued to feel too nauseous, so she decided by herself to start skipping every other dose.
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%).
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.
Shortage of Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Ozempic drugs is resolved, FDA says
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.
Shortage of popular drugs Wegovy and Ozempic is over, FDA says.
The FDA said the shortage of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic is resolved. The move could limit cheaper compounded versions
These Drugs Could Offset the Side Effects of Weight Loss
Popular weight-loss therapies like Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly's Zepbound result in both fat and muscle loss.
New weight loss drugs aim to promote muscle growth
About a dozen drugmakers are developing new weight-loss treatments aimed at preserving muscle, and industry analysts, clinical trial experts and doctors say they may also need to demonstrate
Hims & Hers Stock Drops as FDA Says Ozempic and Wegovy No Longer in Short Supply
Shares of Hims & Hers Health plunged Friday after the Food & Drug Administration said a shortage of the active ingredient in Eli Lilly’s Wegovy and Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic has been resolved.
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