Body composition testing goes beyond simple BMI measurements to analyze muscle mass, body fat percentage, and metabolic rate
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The commercial describes Hims life-changing weight loss medications as affordable, doctor trusted, and formulated in the USAthough its use of the oblique term formulated, rather than manufactured or made, raises questions about where its active pharmaceutical ingredient, semaglutide, is sourced, particularly because Novo Nordisk has made clear it does not sell its API to anyone else and there is evidence compounders have been sourcing API from uninspected or unregistered foreign facilities
It also may be in response to, among other things, a letter sent to FDA on July 25, 2025 by a bi-partisan group of 81 legislators asking the FDA to respond to a surge in illegal and counterfeit anti-obesity medications (AOMs), which include semaglutide and tirzepatide, entering the United States from unregistered foreign entities. Going forward, compounders and other affected stakeholders must ensure that their API is sourced from FDA-approved manufacturers listed on the Green List and ensure compliance with Import Alert 66-80
