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.

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.

Novo Nordisk A/S can intervene in a lawsuit between the FDA and drug compounders over whether its blockbuster drugs Wegovy and Ozempic are still in shortage, a federal judge ordered Wednesday.