Why Cheaper GLP-1 Drugs Are Facing Legal Battles

The race to offer cheaper weight loss drugs is running into some legal limits. Telehealth company Hims & Hers announced a cheaper version of Novo's Wegovy weight-loss pill at the beginning of February. Now it would cost $49 to start, which is far less than the $149 Novo sells the branded pill for.But it pulled the drug after legal and regulatory risks escalated. Now, legally, they're allowed to create a compounded version of a drug if they are saying they're adjusting the formula for "personalized purposes. ...