The reconsideration follows an Oct. 11 lawsuit that prompted U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman to temporarily halt legal proceedings to give the FDA time to reassess its ruling.
The drug uses the active ingredient tirzepatide and was approved by the FDA in May 2022 for type 2 diabetes; although McCaskill said her blood sugar was elevated, she didn’t have diabetes ...
The FDA placed tirzepatide on its drug shortage list in December of 2022—and that's where it remained until last week. On October 2, the FDA announced that the tirzepatide shortage had been ...