It’s not obvious *but* as mentioned below these drugs will get cheaper as the patent cliff goes by.
Also, the PTO is hearing appeals of the Ozempic patents brought by generic manufacturers. With respect to the joke about smoking and Medicare costs, I believe that the tobacco industry and conservative pressure groups actually issued reports making such claims. Previous Message Let's suppose some obese 30 year old gets on the drug as a lifetime maintenance medication that costs the taxpayer a fortune. And suppose the person keeps needing the drug because of poor lifestyle choices. I think the finances would be more complicated. Like the old joke that the best way to save Medicare $ is to have people smoke like crazy so that they die young.
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Weight loss drug: new benefit for State of Illinois employees? - osklister April 30, 2024, 16:05:47
- Do any of you actually know anyone who is on Ozempic? - Sounder May 1, 2024, 11:44:05
- Ozempic is a diabetes drug, Wegovy is a weight loss drug, but it's the same compound* - gvibes May 1, 2024, 12:07:29
- I think the main side effect is you make a humiliating “run” for president and then endorse - Toonces May 1, 2024, 12:02:46
- yes, lost 40 lbs in 6 months - bigbop85 May 1, 2024, 11:58:52
- yes. one of the variations. 3.5 weeks into it. lost about 10lbs and significantly less - OWWDig May 1, 2024, 11:58:38
- For a short time, yes. - EffinIllini May 1, 2024, 11:52:09
- there's 0 doubt in my mind this would save the state of IL massive amounts of money in the long run* - John Coctostan May 1, 2024, 6:10:38
- Agreed, pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies need to stop fucking people over - Jackie April 30, 2024, 16:17:34
- Freakonomics just had a podcast tangential to this. There's no money in wellness. - ghost_of_clt May 1, 2024, 7:01:02
- I don't think we are *that* far from the end of obesity, basically. 2040 or so* - gvibes April 30, 2024, 23:45:04
- I like how they had to start reporting danish economic numbers excluding Novo Nordisk* - gvibes April 30, 2024, 23:31:11
- "guys look here is a drug" - bigbop85 April 30, 2024, 23:27:31
- Don’t forget the sequel where drug companies aren’t actually making anywhere near enough for demand - DT April 30, 2024, 17:26:03
- Kinda the same thing for smoking too. - osklister April 30, 2024, 16:41:22
- Man, your lip must be bleeding from biting so hard. - KingTalkyTiki April 30, 2024, 16:15:11
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