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FDA declares Wegovy® and Ozempic® shortage is over

Novo Nordisk announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the shortage of Wegovy® and Ozempic® is resolved. The FDA’s assessment confirms the U.S. supply of these prescription-only GLP-1 medicines now meets or exceeds both current and projected U.S. demand.

All doses of the only real FDA-approved semaglutide medicines are being continuously shipped, meeting or exceeding expected U.S. demand.


FDA’s decision means that making or selling a knockoff compounded drug that is essentially a copy of Ozempic or Wegovy is illegal, under compounding laws, with rare exceptions.

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The Editors in Chief of labnews.ai are Marita Vollborn and Vlad Georgescu. They have been bestselling authors, science writers, and science journalists since 1994.More details about their writing at X-Press Journalistenbüro (https://xpress-journalisten.com).More Info on Wikipedia:About Marita: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Vollborn About Vlad: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_Georgescu