Novo Nordisk slashes price of Ozempic
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GoodRx offers coupons for reduced prescription drug prices at retail pharmacies. The company says patients will be able to use GoodRx to self-pay for both Ozempic and Wegovy at the $499-per-month price at 70,000 U.S. retail pharmacies.
The maker of Ozempic is halving the price of its weight-loss jabs in the US after Donald Trump demanded cheaper drugs for Americans.
Shares of Novo Nordisk ( NVO 4.81%), the Danish pharmaceuticals company famed for Ozempic and Wegovy weight loss drugs, jumped 5% through 9:55 a.m. ET Monday on a series of positive announcements for its GLP-1 products.
Novo Nordisk launches a new cash-pay option for a leading diabetes drug, changing affordability dynamics for uninsured patients across the U.S.
The maker of Ozempic is cutting the price of the drug nearly in half for some patients. Novo Nordisk had already cut the price of Wegovy, a medication with the same active ingredient that's approved for weight loss.