FDA warns 30 telehealth companies over compounded GLP-1 marketing

FDA warns 30 telehealth companies over compounded GLP-1 marketing

The FDA issued warning letters to 30 telehealth companies over false or misleading claims made about compounded GLP-1 products sold on their websites. It was the second wave of letters aimed at telehealth firms since the agency opened a broader campaign against misleading direct-to-consumer drug advertising in September 2025, and the largest single action against … Read more

More than 50 warning letters to GLP-1 compounders and manufacturers

More than 50 warning letters to GLP-1 compounders and manufacturers

The FDA issued over 50 warning letters to US and international companies compounding or manufacturing semaglutide and tirzepatide. The cited conduct centered on marketing compounded GLP-1s as “generic versions” of the approved drugs, or making direct comparative claims against them. Sources: FDA warning letter database · Wilson Sonsini analysis

FDA launches a “green list” import alert for GLP-1 ingredients

FDA launches a green list import alert for GLP-1 ingredients

The FDA established a “green list” import alert covering GLP-1 active pharmaceutical ingredients, intended to stop unverified foreign-sourced APIs from entering the US market. Ingredients from facilities the agency has inspected or evaluated, and which appear to meet its manufacturing standards, are listed; APIs from any other source become subject to detention without physical examination. … Read more

Outsourcing facilities lose the shortage exemption for semaglutide

Outsourcing facilities lose the shortage exemption for semaglutide

The 90-day period for outsourcing facilities compounding semaglutide under section 503B expired, one month after the equivalent deadline for state-licensed pharmacies. With both periods closed, the shortage-based justification for compounding semaglutide no longer applied to either category of compounder. The FDA noted throughout that it could still act on other grounds, including findings that a … Read more

Enforcement discretion ends for pharmacies compounding semaglutide

Enforcement discretion ends for pharmacies compounding semaglutide

The 60-day period during which the FDA said it did not intend to act against state-licensed pharmacies and physicians compounding semaglutide under section 503A expired. Two days later, on 24 April 2025, a district court declined to disturb the agency’s determination that the shortage was over, removing the remaining legal argument for continuing. Outsourcing facilities … Read more

Court declines to force tirzepatide back onto the shortage list

Court declines to force tirzepatide back onto the shortage list

The US District Court for the Northern District of Texas denied the Outsourcing Facilities Association’s motion for a preliminary injunction, which had sought to prevent the FDA from keeping tirzepatide off the drug shortage list. Consequential for the compounding market: shortage status is the legal basis for much large-scale compounding of a drug, so the … Read more

FDA declares the semaglutide shortage resolved, starting the clock on compounding

FDA declares the semaglutide shortage resolved, starting the clock on compounding

The FDA determined that the shortage of semaglutide injection products, in place since 2022, was resolved, after confirming with the manufacturer that stated availability and manufacturing capacity could meet present and projected national demand. Because the legal basis for compounding these products rested on their presence on the shortage list, the announcement set two deadlines: … Read more