A federal judge has effectively ended the ability of compounding pharmacies to make their own copies of Eli Lilly’s weight loss and diabetes drugs.

A U.S. federal judge has refused to allow compounding pharmacies to keep making copies of Eli Lilly's popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs Zepbound and Mounjaro in the United States.

The weight-loss drug market is evolving at a rapid speed, with leading pharma companies including Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly diving into the opportunity to make anti-obesity products. This article looks into key players in the arena.

Eli Lilly said it has launched new doses of its obesity treatment drug and reduced its prices.

Compounders had been allowed to produce and sell hundreds of thousands of their own versions of popular anti-obesity drugs.

Eli Lilly & Co. said Tuesday it’s cutting the price of single-dose vials of its Zepbound treatment for diabetes and obesity for patients who have to pay for the drug themselves. It said it will also be adding two new doses, as competition in the space continues to heat up.

Lilly said patients could purchase higher-dose 7.5 milligram and 10mg vials of Zepbound for $499 a month on the LillyDirect website. That is nearly 23% less than the $650 Lilly charges for auto-injectors of the drug to patients who are insured but not covered for the medicine.

Doctor, doctor, give me the news, Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) has got bad case of the stock market blues. The San Francisco telehealth company could've used some strong medicine on March 6 when its shares took sick amid a court ruling and stepped up competition involving weight-loss drugs.