The pharmaceutical company that makes the weight-loss drug Wegovy and the diabetes medication Ozempic secured a court victory that limits compounding pharmacies from selling versions of those popular drugs.
A federal judge April 24 rejected a bid by compounding pharmacies to continue selling less expensive copies of semaglutide, Novo Nordisk's blockbuster drug sold under the brands Wegovy and Ozempic.
The court ruling closes a legal window that allowed compounding pharmacies to make and sell large quantities of the lucrative weight-loss drugs. Many consumers turned to these less-expensive compounded versions of the weight-loss and diabetes drugs because they said they could not afford the brand medications.
