Lilly sues online vendors, medical spa over copycat weight-loss drugs
Eli Lilly said on Monday it sued three medical spas and online vendors for selling products claiming to contain tirzepatide, the main ingredient in its popular weight-loss medicine Zepbound, including in the form of dissolvable tablets.
Eli Lilly sues over knockoffs of signature weight loss drug, Zepbound
Eli Lilly sued three medical spas and online vendors for selling products that claim to contain the ingredient in its weight-loss medicine Zepbound.
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.
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.
Could Weight-Loss Drugs Help Get People Back to Work? The U.K. Wants to Find Out.
The British government announced a multimillion dollar pharmaceutical partnership with Eli Lilly, including a trial that will study the impact of a weight-loss drug on work and productivity.
Are Compounded Weight Loss Drugs on Their Way Out?
The FDA is weighing a decision that could stop compounding pharmacies from legally making cheaper versions of Mounjaro and Zepbound.
Weight loss injections: How do drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro work?
Both Wegovy and Mounjaro are given as weekly injections via pre-filled pens that can be self-administered into the upper arm, thigh or stomach. They work as an appetite suppressant by mimicking a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1).
Eli Lilly sues 3 vendors selling counterfeit weight-loss drug, including oral versions
The new lawsuits, which name Pivotal Peptides, MangoRx and Genesis Lifestyle Medicine of Nevada, are the first related to copycat tirzepatide filed since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took the drug off its list of medicines in short supply earlier this month.
Mounjaro is more effective for weight loss than Ozempic—how does it work? And why does it cost so much?
,A weight-loss drug more effective than Ozempic and Wegovy has recently been approved in Australia. The drug, tirzepatide, is ...
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Eli Lilly Sues Some Vendors For Unauthorized Sale Of Fake Weight-Loss Drug
Eli Lilly sues medical spas and vendors for selling unauthorized tirzepatide, the active ingredient in its weight-loss drug, Zepbound ... and promotion of products that imitate Mounjaro and ...
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FDA Says Compounding Pharmacies Can Keep Making Weight-Loss Med Tirzepatide, for Now
Shortages of tirzepatide, sold as a diabetes drug (Mounjaro) and a weight-loss medication (Zepbound), have fueled demand for compounding pharmacies to make their own versions of the medicine, ...
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Tirzepatide: what is weight loss injection Mounjaro, what have the experts said - how is different to Ozempic?
Mounjaro, the brand name for tirzepatide, is a drug that is used to treat type 2 diabetes by lowering blood sugar levels. It is approved for weight loss in the UK, however Ozempic isn’t ...
Ozempic shows promise for treating alcohol and drug abuse, study finds
The weight-loss drugs are linked with reduced rates of excess drinking and opioid overdoses, suggesting they may tamp down ...