As a federal court in Texas hears a case pitting the FDA versus compounders who want to continue to manufacture cheaper knockoff versions of popular weight loss drugs, Novo Nordisk will not have to | A federal district court in Texas will allow Novo Nordisk to intervene in a lawsuit pitting compounders against the FDA.

Novo Nordisk has launched a direct-to-consumer (DTC) option for uninsured or under-insured people wanting to access its GLP-1 agonist weight-loss drug Wegovy, cutting the drug's price in half to $499 per month for those paying out-of-pocket.

Drug compounders aren’t ready to give up their ability to produce off-brand versions of Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy and diabetes treatment Ozempic without a fight. An industry group has sued the U.