Mounting demand for Novo Nordisk-made Ozempic and Wegovy has fueled a rise of illegal sales of the weight-loss drugs in Denmark, where the pharma giant is based, the Danish Medicines Agency reported.
Denmark should stop subsidising
the use of Ozempic and other so-called GLP-1 drugs for patients
suffering from type 2 diabetes, and instead pay for cheaper
drugs as a preferred first option, a public.
President Obama's proposed Institute for Comparative Effectivenesswould mean more government control of private medical decisions. Itis clear from the British experience and other internationalexamples that a comparative effectiveness strategy that relies oncentral planning and coercion would be counterproductive and wouldlead to cost constraints that could worsen patients' medicalconditions and damage the quality of their lives.
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