Scientists see GLP-1 agonists as a breakthrough because of how they act on the brain to regulate the body's hormones, slow digestion, and tamp down hunger.
The decision is yet another loss for the pharmaceutical industry and its allies, which have filed lawsuits across the country arguing that the Inflation Reduction Act is unconstitutional. So far, they have lost every one.
People can walk into pharmacies without a prescription and walk out the same day with birth control in hand, expanding access to reproductive healthcare.
Scores of chain drugstores across New York City remain shuttered even as much of the city's storefront real estate has bounced back from the COVID -19 pandemic.
All doses of Eli Lilly's Zepbound and Mounjaro are now available, the FRA's updated shortage list shows. However, the regulator has not yet removed the drugs off its shortage list.