The ad goes on to tout Hims & Hers' weight loss drugs as less expensive alternatives to medications like Ozempic and Wegovy, which both contain the active ingredient semaglutide and are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat Type 2 diabetes and obesity, respectively.

The telehealth company Hims & Hers put out a Super Bowl ad that skimped on clarifying that its compounded semaglutide medications aren't FDA-approved.

Telehealth provider Hims & Hers Health is defending its planned Super Bowl ad, which is styled as a political manifesto against weight-loss treatments priced “for profits, not patients,” after critici

Compounded semaglutide is legal, but it's not regulated in the same way as medications like Ozempic and Wegovy.

Telehealth company Hims & Hers' first Super Bowl ad is provocative and effective in building awareness of its weight loss offerings in a way that will generate buzz.

Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) stock moves a notch higher Monday morning after the company's weight-loss drug ad played during the Super Bowl. The commercial's airing raised concerns from health experts and US lawmakers over the exclusion of potential side effects tied to GLP-1 weight-loss treatments in the advertisement.

The ad from the telehealth company Hims & Hers promoted the company’s compounded weight loss drugs. The ad portrayed the obesity epidemic as a rigged game because of the greedy health care system. Dr.