The data confirms the rise in demand for GLP-1s, which have fueled a frenzy among Americans and on Wall Street for their ability to cause weight loss.
Some people, such as Hollywood celebrities and billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk, are wealthy enough to pay for the drugs themselves.
Ozempic's list price tops $935 per monthly package, and its weight loss counterpart Wegovy is about $1,300. The drugs are meant to be taken indefinitely to keep weight off, just like cholesterol-lowering drugs or blood pressure medications that have to be taken for life. Other drugmakers are jockeying to capitalize on the budding weight loss industry. And analysts say a diabetes treatment from Eli Lilly called Mounjaro has the potential to overtake drugs from Novo Nordisk after its approved in the U.S. for weight loss.. About 1 in 11 adults have severe obesity.
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