Bullet points of Ozempic maker to testify before Senate committee on weight loss drug prices
Bullet points of Ozempic maker to testify before Senate committee on weight loss drug prices
- Novo Nordisk charges Americans with diabetes $969 a month for Ozempic, while in Canada it costs $155 and $59 in Germany.
- The company charges Americans with obesity $1,349 per month for Wegovy, compared to $140 in Germany and $92 in the UK.
- A KFF poll found that 54% of adults who had taken a GLP-1 drug said the cost was 'difficult' to afford, even with insurance.
- A Yale University study suggested that the drugs can be profitably manufactured for 'substantially lower' than the amounts Americans are paying.
- Novo Nordisk charges Americans with diabetes $969 a month for Ozempic, while in Canada it costs $155 and $59 in Germany.
- The company charges Americans with obesity $1,349 per month for Wegovy, compared to $140 in Germany and $92 in the UK.
- A KFF poll found that 54% of adults who had taken a GLP-1 drug said the cost was 'difficult' to afford, even with insurance.
- A Yale University study suggested that the drugs can be profitably manufactured for 'substantially lower' than the amounts Americans are paying.