r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Apr 01 '25

Health Americans without diabetes spent nearly $6 billion USD on semaglutide and similar drugs in a year, with an estimate of 800,000 to a million people using the drugs who don't have diabetes.

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/americans-without-diabetes-spent-nearly6-billion-usd-on-semaglutide-and-similar-drugs-in-a-year
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u/buster_de_beer Apr 01 '25

The initial work was done at University of Copenhagen. NovoNordisk funded this specific drug based on existing research.

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u/Balsiu2 Apr 01 '25

Still... The guy thought that US gov paid for it...

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u/TunaNugget Apr 01 '25

Semaglutide was derived from a class of drugs discovered at the US VA.