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Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster diabetes and weight loss-related drug Ozempic is about to see a worth minimize, in line with President Donald Trump.
Trump stated this week throughout a White Home occasion on fertility therapies and drug pricing that the value discount will come after swift negotiations with the drugmaker.
“They’re going to be a lot decrease,” Trump advised reporters.
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Novo Nordisk is the maker behind Ozempic and Wegovy, which have the identical energetic ingredient – semaglutide – however are authorised for various makes use of. Ozempic was authorised by federal well being officers in 2017 and marketed for medical use within the remedy of kind 2 diabetes with weight reduction being a facet impact of the drug.
Wegovy was authorised 4 years later particularly for power weight administration in adults who’re overweight or obese and have at the least one weight-related situation comparable to hypertension or kind 2 diabetes. Each medicine have surged in demand lately, significantly for these in search of to shed extra pounds.
Ozempic is marketed for medical use within the remedy of kind 2 diabetes with weight reduction being a facet impact of the drug. (Marcus Brandt/image alliance through Getty Pictures)
Novo Nordisk advised FOX Enterprise that’s has been in discussions with the Trump administration relating to the “most favored nation” government order.
“We stay centered on enhancing affected person entry and affordability, and we are going to proceed to work to seek out options that assist folks entry the treatment they want,” Novo Nordisk stated.
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The manager order is a drug pricing coverage that seeks to make sure that Individuals pay the bottom worth charged for a similar medicine in different developed nations.
Novo Nordisk is the maker behind Ozempic and Wegovy, which have the identical energetic ingredient – semaglutide – however are authorised for various makes use of. ( Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
Since taking workplace, Trump has centered on bridging the hole between what Individuals and international nations pay for a similar drugs.
The feedback got here on the heels of a September announcement by which Trump declared a drug pricing take care of Pfizer that may see the pharmaceutical big decrease the price of its drugs for Individuals.
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Pfizer has dedicated to providing its prescription drugs to Medicaid on the diminished “most favored nation” costs.
Ozempic was authorised by federal well being officers in 2017. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Common Pictures Group through Getty Pictures)
“Pfizer is agreeing to supply a few of their hottest present drugs to all customers at closely discounted costs of anyplace between 50% and even 100%. And that is off, that is off the value. And in some instances, much more than that.”
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The president added that the U.S. “is completed subsidizing the well being care of the remainder of the world.”
Reuters and FOX Enterprise’ Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.
