- cross-posted to:
- upliftingnews@lemmy.world
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- upliftingnews@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/66203889
The blockbuster weight loss drug sold as Ozempic and Wegovy [has, on 21 March, gone] generic in countries that are home to 40 percent of the world’s population, significantly lowering the price of a costly medicine that had been largely unaffordable to nearly all but the wealthiest people. On Saturday, Novo Nordisk, the company that until now has had a monopoly on selling the drug, will lose patent protection in several of the world’s most populous countries. The first generic versions are expected to arrive in India as soon as this weekend. In the coming months, the generics are also expected to become available in China, Canada, Brazil, Turkey and South Africa.
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In New Delhi, Dr. Nivedita Dadu, a dermatologist, said she expects patient demand for the drugs to grow once cheaper generics become available. Already, she and her sister, an anesthesiologist, have been prescribing the brand-name drugs to hundreds of patients.
Why the f*** are a dermatologist & an anaesthetist prescribing weight-loss drugs to people???
People really will do anything besides eat fiber…
Even after the we know about all the downsides of this stuff
The reason the floodgates are opening like this, is one last cashgrab. It’s not the miracle drug people thought
And you still have to eat properly after you stop taking it, I wonder how many people are doing that.
