Eli Lilly said on Monday it sued three medical spas and online vendors for selling products claiming to contain tirzepatide, the main ingredient in its popular weight-loss medicine Zepbound, including in the form of dissolvable tablets.

The new lawsuits are the first related to copycat tirzepatide filed since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took the drug off its list of medicines in short supply earlier this month.

Lilly said these lawsuits were not in any way contingent on tirzepatide coming off of that list and could have been filed regardless of whether supply issues had been resolved.

The lawsuits were filed in federal and state courts in Indiana, Texas and Washington, accusing each defendant of false advertising and promotion. Lilly said it sent a cease and desist letter to one of the vendors before filing the lawsuit.

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