May 07, 2025
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday refused to reverse a U.S. Food and Drug Administration decision to remove Eli Lilly & Co.'s popular weight loss drug from a national shortage list, denying a request from pharmacies that produce copycat doses of the drug and entering judgment in favor of the FDA.
April 18, 2025
Eli Lilly urged a Texas federal judge to deny a request from pharmacies that produce copycat doses of its popular weight loss drug to have the court reverse an FDA decision taking the drug off a national shortage list, saying the bid was filled with unreliable "scattershot" arguments.
April 09, 2025
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it played by the book when it removed Eli Lilly & Co.'s lucrative weight loss drug from the shortage list and ended compounding pharmacies' right to make the drug, asking a Texas federal judge to grant judgment in the agency's favor.
April 03, 2025
A group of compounding pharmacies looking to keep producing copycat doses of Eli Lilly & Co's lucrative weight loss drug tirzepatide are telling a Texas federal judge that demand for the drug has "far outpaced" supply despite the Food and Drug Administration declaring the medication's shortage over last year, a move that removed their right to make compounded versions.
March 27, 2025
A Texas federal judge had stern words for a group of compounding pharmacies while refusing to allow them to manufacture Eli Lilly's lucrative weight loss drug, saying he was "increasingly exasperated" with the pharmacies' attempts to dictate how he manages the case.
March 11, 2025
A group of compounding pharmacies said Monday they would appeal to the Fifth Circuit after a Texas federal judge denied an injunction that would allow compounding pharmacies to produce a lucrative weight loss drug.
March 07, 2025
A Texas federal judge has refused to issue an injunction that would allow compounding pharmacies to produce a lucrative weight loss drug, ruling that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was within its authority when it removed the medication from the drug shortage list.
February 21, 2025
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked a Texas federal court to reject a request for an injunction that would allow compounding pharmacies to produce a lucrative weight loss drug, saying the agency based its decision on sound facts and it was within its authority.
January 14, 2025
Compounding pharmacies have reignited a suit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over the removal of a lucrative weight loss drug from the shortage list, with a Texas federal judge ordering both sides to turn in briefing on injunctive relief during a Tuesday hearing.
January 02, 2025
Eli Lilly is seeking permission to join a legal fight over whether compounding pharmacies can keep making copycat versions of the company's lucrative weight-loss and diabetes drug, telling a federal court Wednesday that its interests aren't adequately represented by federal regulators.