{"id":10268,"date":"2026-02-05T23:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/novo-weight-obesity-wegovy-hims-compounding-telehealth\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T23:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:02:23","slug":"novo-weight-obesity-wegovy-hims-compounding-telehealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/novo-weight-obesity-wegovy-hims-compounding-telehealth\/","title":{"rendered":"STAT+: Novo Nordisk accuses Hims &amp; Hers of \u2018illegal mass compounding\u2019 over a cheaper version of Wegovy pill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>STAT+: Novo Nordisk accuses Hims &#038; Hers of \u2018illegal mass compounding\u2019 over a cheaper version of Wegovy pill<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In an unexpected move, Hims &amp; Hers is making available a cheaper, compounded version of the Wegovy weight loss pill sold by Novo Nordisk, prompting the drugmaker to accuse the telehealth platform of \u201cillegal mass compounding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In its announcement, Hims &amp; Hers said it would make compounded copies of Wegovy available on its platform for an introductory price of $49 for the first month with a five-month plan. The version would be made from the same active ingredient, semaglutide, that is the basis for the Novo Nordisk medicine, which sells for $149 for a starting dose.<\/p>\n<p>The telehealth company maintained the pill is \u201cformulated to protect the active ingredient during digestion and to support absorption\u201d and has an \u201cinnovative delivery method.\u201d Hims &amp; Hers also said all active pharmaceutical ingredients in its compounded treatments are sourced exclusively from facilities registered with the Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/pharmalot\/2026\/02\/05\/novo-weight-obesity-wegovy-hims-compounding-telehealth\/?utm_campaign=rss\">Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Ed Silverman<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/pharmalot\/2026\/02\/05\/novo-weight-obesity-wegovy-hims-compounding-telehealth\/?utm_campaign=rss\">Go to statnews<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STAT+: Novo Nordisk accuses Hims &#038; Hers of \u2018illegal mass compounding\u2019 over a cheaper version of Wegovy pill In an unexpected move, Hims &amp; Hers is making available a cheaper, compounded version of the Wegovy weight loss pill sold by Novo Nordisk, prompting the drugmaker to accuse the telehealth platform of \u201cillegal mass compounding.\u201d In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2595,2282,2155,2153,2152,2582,2648],"tags":[2150],"class_list":["post-10268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-novo-nordisk","category-obesity","category-pharmaceuticals","category-pharmalot","category-stat","category-telehealth","category-weight-loss","tag-statnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}