A growing number of states are threatening to take legal action against pharmacies that make or dispense unauthorized versions of Ozempic and Wegovy.
and West Virginia say they are aware that some compounding pharmacists are using a different form of semaglutide that is not approved by the FDA, raising safety concerns.
Joe Fontenot, executive director of the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, told NBC News that the warnings do not mean compounding semaglutide is banned. That makes it nearly impossible for compounding pharmacies to make the drug because Novo Nordisk does not share the drug ingredients with compounding pharmacists, said Susan McCoy, executive director of the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy.Regulators are particularly concerned with medications that are made using semaglutide sodium salt, a cheaper and modified version of the compound that is used for scientific research but not intended for use in humans, Fontenot said.
The document looked “like something that was purchased on the Alibaba marketplace that was slid out the back doors of a Chinese chemical plant,” he said. So far, no compounding pharmacy has been fined or lost their license in Louisiana and Mississippi, according to state regulators. Al Carter, executive director of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, a nonprofit that represents state pharmacy regulators, said that it is not aware of any other states taking similar action.
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