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Compounders of off-brand Zepbound lose a product line.

The official FDA shortage is over, and compounders have 60-90 days to stop violating Eli Lilly’s patent protection. “The ruling also previews what will happen when semaglutide — the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk’s (NVO -17.43%) Ozempic and Wegovy — […]

to your health

Compounders of off-brand Zepbound lose a product line.

The official FDA shortage is over, and compounders have 60-90 days to stop violating Eli Lilly’s patent protection. “The ruling also previews what will happen when semaglutide — the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk’s (NVO -17.43%) Ozempic and Wegovy — […]

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Purple Tomato seeds start shipping to home gardeners.

It’s a bio-engineered plant that yields purple colored tomatoes with extra anti-oxidants. This newsletter first linked to a write-up about the company in September 2021, so it’s cool to see it start shipping. “Seeds are available at www.norfolkhealthyproduce.com. Packets of 10 high […]

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Heated tobacco is big in Japan.

It’s neither a cigarette nor a vape. The FDA authorized the marketing of it with ‘reduced exposure claim’ a couple years ago, but a patent dispute has kept the device out of the US so far. “Japan’s massive reduction in […]

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The FDA still doesn’t trust women.

From Alex Tabarrok in Marginal Revolution: “The FDA has a long history of antipathy towards personal testing. The FDA has opposed personal pregnancy tests, HIV tests, genetic tests, and COVID tests, as I discussed in my article Testing Freedom. Well, […]