Bernie Sanders Is Taking on Ozempic’s ‘Astronomically High’ Price Tag
https://ift.tt/9ImRo7S https://sites.google.com/view/idealhealthcare/car-accident-chiropractor Bernie Sanders Is Taking on Ozempic’s ‘Astronomically High’ Price Tag Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is taking aim at one of Big Pharma’s newest cash cows: the latest generation of effective obesity medications. On Wednesday, Sanders’ office announced that the senator is launching an investigation into Novo Nordisk over the “astronomically high” list prices of their drugs Wegovy and Ozempic. Both drugs can cost around $1,000 a month or more without insurance coverage. Wegovy and Ozempic are made with the same active ingredient, semaglutide, which is a long-lasting mimic of the hormone GLP-1. Ozempic was approved in 2017 to treat type 2 diabetes, while Wegovy was approved in 2021 to treat obesity. Though not formally approved for obesity, Ozempic has become increasingly prescribed off-label for it. In clinical trials, those taking Wegovy have lost on average 15% of their baseline weight—...