A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Minnesota medical spa from using Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro trademark to advertise compounded drugs that contain tirzepatide.
Eli Lilly and its GLP-1 rival Novo Nordisk have been on a legal campaign to stop wellness centers and compounding pharmacies that they believe are improperly advertising the products. The preliminary injunction marks an early win for Lilly, whose fast-selling type 2 diabetes drug, also known as tirzepatide, was also recently approved under the brand name Zepbound for weight management.
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