Ozempic Is About to Go on Sale
Donald Trump was giddy. In the Oval Office today, the president announced that he had secured a deal to dramatically slash the price of obesity drugs. Soon, Wegovy and Zepbound will be sold on a new website—dubbed TrumpRx—for only about $250 a month, a fraction of their current retail price of more than $1,000. “Did […]
(VIDEO) Trump Announces Major Deal with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to Slash Cost of GLP-1 Medications for Diabetes and Obesity – RFK Jr. Says the American Public will Lose 125 MILLION LBS by Next Year
President Trump on Thursday announced another deal to cut pharmaceutical costs for Americans with most favored nation (MFN) pricing on popular drugs for diabetes, heart disease, and weight loss, and other conditions. According to the White House, “The agreement represents a historic reduction in prices for Americans on the two drugs with the highest annual […]
White House Deal Lowers Prices of Weight-Loss Drugs
President Trump announced on Nov. 6 that the manufacturers of popular weight-loss drugs have agreed to reduce prices that Americans pay. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The announcement follows Trump’s executive order from May when he ordered pharmaceutical companies to address the higher price of their drugs in the U.S. compared to other countries, and to charge Americans […]
Zepboundin’: my first month on a GLP-1
Today I finish my fourth 2.5mg injection of Zepbound, a strong GLP-1 drug, and I thought I’d write about the experience of it, how I got here, and what I expect in the future. It’s been wild, and after talking to half a dozen friends that are also trying these things out, it feels like […]
Pharma rep collapses as Trump announces drug price cuts (VIDEO)
The US president has announced a new deal that would lower the price of some weight loss medications A representative of pharmaceutical industry collapsed in the Oval Office on Thursday as members of US President Donald Trump’s administration were announcing a new deal for weight-loss medications. The man was standing behind Trump during the event when […]
Trump Admin Announces Deal on Drug Prices: 4 Things to Know
President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a deal with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to expand coverage and reduce prices for their popular obesity treatments Zepbound and Wegovy, along with insulin, migraine, and diabetes drugs. The weight loss drugs are part of a new generation of obesity medications known as GLP-1 receptor agonists that […]
Weights may beat running for preventing diabetes
Running may help burn calories, but when it comes to preventing diabetes and obesity, pumping iron might have the edge, according to preclinical findings. The research in the Journal of Sport and Health Science compared the effects of endurance and resistance exercise in mice fed a high-fat diet, a widely used model of obesity, hyperglycemia, […]
No Swords, No Subsidies: Let the Market Set Drug Prices
Jeffrey A. Singer On November 6, President Donald Trump announced that the government will refrain from tariffs on Eli Lilly’s and Novo Nordisk’s imported products and active pharmaceutical ingredients and that Medicare and Medicaid will subsidize the use of their drugs. In exchange, the pharmaceutical companies will significantly cut prices for their GLP‑1 weight-loss medications, […]
Trump Cuts Prices on Ozempic and Wegovy in Deal With GLP-1 Weight Loss Drug Makers
President Trump’s plan drops the price of Ozempic and Wegovy for Americans, with plans for Medicare to cover the popular GLP-1 weight loss drugs.
Trump Unveils Historic Drug Price Cuts: Ozempic and Wegovy Reduced to $350 via TrumpRx
What You Should Know: – President Donald J. Trump announced the latest in a series of significant actions to lower prescription drug prices, unveiling agreements with pharmaceutical manufacturers Eli Lilly and Company and Novo Nordisk. – The initiative delivers historic price reductions on some of the world’s most popular drugs, impacting millions of Americans struggling […]