Outsourcing Facilities Association et al v. United States Food and Drug Administration et al

  1. April 03, 2025

    Compounders Say Shortage Of Weight Loss Drug Continues

    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.

  2. March 27, 2025

    Texas Judge 'Disturbed' By Filings In Weight Loss Drug Case

    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.

  3. March 11, 2025

    Pharmacies To Appeal In Bid To Keep Making Weight Loss Drug

    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.

  4. March 07, 2025

    FDA Can Take Eli Lilly Weight Loss Drug Off Shortage List

    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.

  5. February 21, 2025

    Eli Lilly Has Exclusivity Over Weight Loss Drug, FDA Says

    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.

  6. January 14, 2025

    Dispute Over Eli Lilly Weight Loss Drug Reignited

    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.

  7. January 02, 2025

    Eli Lilly Slams Suit Alleging Shortage Of Weight-Loss Drug

    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.

  8. December 19, 2024

    FDA Declaration May Restart Compounders' Shortage Suit

    Federal regulators pulled Eli Lilly's lucrative weight-loss and diabetes drug off the national shortage list Thursday and gave compounding pharmacists two months to stop making copycat versions of the injectable medication, a move with the potential to reignite a Texas legal clash.

  9. October 22, 2024

    Drug-Shortage List Under Scrutiny After FDA Reversal

    A federal agency's unusual flip-flop this month on whether to allow copycat versions of a lucrative weight-loss and diabetes drug may cause regulators to move more cautiously as they weigh how to handle future drug shortages.