Approved by the FDA in 2022 for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, its a weekly injection thats proven so effective for weight loss that its been fast-tracked by the FDA for approval for treating obesity but has not been given the green light just yet
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Costco, Sam's Club, and CVS offer Wegovy or Ozempic self-injectable pens at $499 monthly
Express Scripts continued leading industry change, when it removed Lipitor, the top-selling brand-name drug at the time, from its formulary in favor of less expensive generics
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The drug, which Novo Nordisk calls simply the Wegovy pill, uses the same active ingredient - semaglutide - that powers the original Wegovy, along with its sister drug for diabetes, Ozempic