** Shares of telehealth firm Hims and Hers HIMS.N, which offers compounded versions of weight-loss drugs, fall 20.4% to $52.8
** The U.S FDA says that a shortage of Novo Nordisk's NOVOb.CO weight-loss and diabetes drugs, Wegovy and Ozempic, has been resolved as per the agency's website
** The resolution could restrict how telehealth programs offer cheaper versions known as compounded drugs
** For HIMS and other compounders "this development starts the clock on having unfettered market access" to Novo's drugs, says brokerage Leerink Partners
** It will be critical to understand HIMS' legal pathway to selling personalized doses for semaglutide - since it is the primary way it can continue selling the drug, Leerink added
** US government regulations allow compounded versions of a branded drug to be sold to meet demand if the drug is in shortage
** Stock has risen nearly seven-fold in the past 12 months
(Reporting by Padmanabhan Ananthan)
((Padmanabhan.Ananthan@thomsonreuters.com;))
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