KFF Health News June 7, 2024
The steep prices — and popularity — of Ozempic and similar weight-loss and diabetes drugs could soon make them a priority for Medicare drug price negotiations. List prices for a month’s supply of the drugs range from $936 to $1,349, according to the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker.
The Inflation Reduction Act President Biden signed in 2022 paved the way for the federal program to negotiate prices directly with drugmakers for the first time. But for now, the high price of Ozempic, Trulicity and other drugs in the class known as GLP-1 agonists have put them out of reach for many low-income patients.
Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy could be eligible for negotiation as early as 2025, said Juliette Cubanski, deputy...
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