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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Giving Compounders ‘Tail Period’ May Ease Weight-Loss Rx Supply

By Gina Shaw

Drug compounding facilities should be allowed to produce products beyond the FDA’s current hard compounding cut-off, which kicks in when a drug immediately drops off the FDA’s drug shortages list. The allowance could be applied to weight-loss drugs and other chronically in-demand medications, legal experts said at the NASP 2024 Annual Meeting & Expo, in Nashville, Tenn.

This extension would leverage 503A and 503B drug compounding facilities as potential avenues for