An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight reduction drug, is displayed in New York Metropolis on Dec. 11, 2023.
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All doses of Eli Lilly’s extremely well-liked weight reduction injection Zepbound and diabetes drug Mounjaro at the moment are out there within the U.S., based on an replace on the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration’s drug scarcity database on Friday.
A earlier replace stated some doses of the remedies have been nonetheless in brief provide. Some doses of Mounjaro have been in scarcity since as early as 2022, whereas doses of Zepbound joined the FDA’s scarcity checklist earlier this yr following its U.S. approval in November.
Demand for weight reduction and diabetes medication has trounced provide for months, pushing Eli Lilly and its rival Novo Nordisk to speculate billions to ramp up manufacturing.
The FDA’s replace comes in the future after Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks instructed Bloomberg that the shortages of Mounjaro and Zepbound would finish “very quickly.”
“I feel truly as we speak or tomorrow we plan to exit that course of,” he instructed the outlet in an interview.
A spokesperson for Eli Lilly didn’t instantly reply to CNBC’s request for touch upon the FDA’s replace on Friday.
All doses of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes injection Ozempic can be found within the U.S. as of Friday, based on the FDA’s database. In the meantime, the FDA stated some doses of Novo Nordisk’s weight reduction drug Wegovy have restricted provide.
