(Reuters) - Novo Nordisk is pushing ahead with the launches of weight-loss drug Wegovy in Europe even as it struggles to keep up with demand. The ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOS - Novo Nordisk is pushing ahead with the launches of weight-loss drug Wegovy in Europe even as it struggles to keep up with demand. The Danish drugmaker is working to convince European governments and insurers to reimburse the drug, seeking to position it as more than a lifestyle drug.Wegovy was launched in the U.S. in June 2021 but it took Novo until December 2022 to make all doses available there because of an initial production outage.
The weekly injections are started at 0.25 milligrams of active ingredient semaglutide and gradually increased to the maintenance dose of 2.4 milligrams.Wegovy was made available in all dose strengths in Denmark in early 2023. A four-week supply of the maintenance dose costs 2,370.60 Danish crowns . The Danish ministry of health has said reimbursing Wegovy would cost the state as much as $4 billion each year.In Norway, Wegovy was launched in all dose strengths in early 2023. The four-week supply of the maintenance dose costs 2,775.30 Norwegian crowns .
The cost of the drug will not be reimbursed for about 90% of Germans covered by public health insurance plans, under a law that bans them from covering weight-loss drugs.
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