While artificial intelligence (AI) has been one of the hottest investing trends, GLP-1 weight loss drugs are a close second. Demand for Eli Lilly's Mounjaro and Zepbound remains robust, and sell-side analysts tracking script data shows strong growth for both of these drugs.

With an estimated 2 million people in the United States taking copycat vers | A compounding industry group has sued the FDA, claiming its action to remove Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro and Zepbound from its drug shortage list is a “reckless and arbitrary decision—lacking any semblance of lawful process.

To fight off compounding pharmacies, Eli Lilly wants access to medical records of patients who used copycat products.

Americans who turned to telehealth companies and compounding pharmacies for cheap versions of Eli Lilly & Co.’s weight-loss drugs are scrambling to figure out if they’ll still have access after US regulators signaled an end to their unfettered use.

The San Francisco telehealth company had capitalized on the shortage by making copycat versions of popular brand-name GLP-1 medications. Shares of Hims & Hers Health fell almost 10% today following an announcement from the U.

The removal of Zepbound and Mounjaro from the regulator’s shortage list could lead to restrictions on pharmacies making custom-made versions.

A surge of alternatives to newly popular weight-loss drugs is facing its biggest test yet after the FDA warned companies against skirting regulatory standards to put them on the market now that shortages are waning.

Key Takeaways Hims & Hers Health shares tumbled Thursday after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Eli Lilly's popular weight-loss drugs are no longer on its list of drugs in short supply. The FDA allows companies to produce compounded copycat drugs when the originals are hard to obtain,

The shortage of Eli Lilly’s (LLY) blockbuster diabetes and weight loss drugs is officially over, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).