Ozempic Price Drop: $1,000 Drug Now Available for $499 a Month
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#NovoNordisk is shaking up the prescription drug market by slashing the price of
#Ozempic for uninsured Americans. The company announced that patients who pay out of pocket can now get the diabetes and weight loss medication for $499 a month—nearly half of its original price, which hovered just under $1,000.
The new price is available through NovoCare Pharmacy, a direct-to-consumer service that cuts out insurance companies and ships medications straight to patients.
The decision comes after growing pressure from Trump and other lawmakers who have criticized drugmakers for charging U.S. patients far more than people in other countries for the same medications. Popular GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been at the center of the debate, given their widespread use for both diabetes and weight management...to read the rest log on to
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