Maker of Ozempic and Wegovy faces grilling over high cost of weight loss drugs
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The Price War in Weight-Loss Drugs Is Here
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are offering discounts to encourage more insurance coverage of the medicines, which carry price tags of over $1,000 a month.4 days ago -
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