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Telehealth, Pharma Giants Split in Acrimonious Fashion

Novo Nordisk cuts ties with Hims, and the latter firm's shares plunge

(Newser) - Shares of Hims & Hers plunged over 30% after Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk abruptly ended their partnership on Monday, accusing the telehealth company of selling unauthorized versions of its popular weight-loss drug. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the split exposes growing tensions between pharmaceutical giants and telehealth firms...

The GLP-1 Drug Landscape Changes on Thursday

Off-brand Ozempic products will no longer be permitted to be sold

(Newser) - The GLP-1 drug landscape is about to change. Starting Thursday, off-brand versions of semaglutide will no longer be permitted to be sold—creating a possible problem for the Americans who've come to rely on the generally cheaper option. The FDA in February announced that the shortage of the active...

WeightWatchers Is Hawking Ozempic Copycats

It's now selling knockoff weight-loss drugs made of compounded semaglutide, but some are concerned

(Newser) - Moderation and self-control used to serve as WeightWatchers' main talking points, but the company has since transitioned to hooking up its customers with doctors who can prescribe weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, via its WeightWatchers Clinic telehealth service. But it's been a "rocky pivot," per Fast ...

Pharmacy Won't Help Missouri Execute This Man

Oklahoma's Apothecary Shoppe responds to Michael Taylor's suit

(Newser) - Michael Taylor is scheduled to be executed by the state of Missouri next Wednesday, and an Oklahoma pharmacy says it will not provide the drug needed to carry out his fate. Taylor had filed a lawsuit against Tulsa's Apothecary Shoppe that his lawyers argued was providing a compounded version...

Texas Gets Execution Drug From Controversial Source

Pentobarbital comes from a compounding pharmacy

(Newser) - Texas prison officials disclosed today that they are using a compounding pharmacy to obtain the drug used during executions. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, responding to a Freedom of Information request, released documents showing the purchase of eight vials of pentobarbital last month from a compounding pharmacy near Houston....

Mass. Closes New Pharmacy Amid Meningitis Scare

Massachusetts health officials raise sterility concerns

(Newser) - Massachusetts health officials have closed another compounding pharmacy amid the meningitis outbreak traced to the state. An official cited sterility concerns after a surprise inspection at Infusion Resource, a Rhode Island-based pharmacy with a branch in Waltham, Mass. The inspections come after a fungal meningitis outbreak tied to drugs from...

Pharmacy in Meningitis Outbreak Also Accused in '04

Man died after allegedly tainted shot

(Newser) - The compounding pharmacy suspected in the US fungal meningitis outbreak—which has now killed 12 people who are thought to have received tainted steroid injections—was also accused of producing a tainted shot in 2002, the AP reports. New England Compounding Center ultimately settled the lawsuit that was brought after...

Less-Regulated Pharmacies Take Heat in Meningitis Crisis

'Compounding pharmacies' make drugs with weaker oversight

(Newser) - The death toll in an ongoing meningitis outbreak has hit five, with 35 sick in six states, the AP reports. What's more, hundreds or thousands could be at risk across 23 states after receiving potentially tainted steroid injections, and health providers are rushing to warn them of the danger....

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