Eli Lilly's weight-loss drug is no longer on the Food and Drug Administration's drug shortage list. Compounding pharmacies say this will limit patient access.

In accepting the FDA’s motion, U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman put on hold a lawsuit filed by the Outsourcing Facilities Association (OFA), which called the FDA’s decision to remove tirzepatide from the shortage list a “reckless and arbitrary decision—lacking any semblance of lawful process.”

The FDA, in a stark reversal, on Friday said it would reconsider its decision to remove Eli Lilly’s tirzepatide from its shortage list.

Eli Lilly (LLY) has partnered with the government of the United Kingdom to see if its blockbuster weight loss drug could help get some people back to work.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it will reconsider its decision to remove Eli Lilly’s blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drug from its official shortage list and allow compounding

Eli Lilly’s juggernaut diabetes and obesity drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound have been erased from the FDA’s shortage list, freeing the company from competing with compounding pharmacies that have been producing copycat versions of the in-demand treatments.

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.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday agreed to reconsider a decision it made last month to bar drug compounders from selling their own versions of Eli Lilly's blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drugs.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to reconsider its decision to remove tirzepatide, the active ingredient of Eli Lilly's (NYSE:LLY) diabetes therapy Mounjaro and weight loss therapy Zepbound,