Hims & Hers cancels plan for Wegovy weight-loss pill knockoff

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Hims & Hers cancels plan for Wegovy weight-loss pill knockoff
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Telehealth company Hims & Hers dropped its plan to offer a knockoff version of the weight-loss pill Wegovy on Saturday — two days after it announced the new drug. The decision came one day after the Food and Drug Administration’s threat to restrict access to the ingredients needed to copy popular weight-loss medications.

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