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Re:Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and al... by red_trumpet on Sunday April 28, 2024 @05:10PM (#40191967)
Don't they have a patent which makes competition non-existent for the near future?
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Re:Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and al... by rblatz on Sunday April 28, 2024 @05:23PM (#40192100)
There are numerous compounding pharmacies selling generic ozempic (Semaglutide)

There is competition, I see ads on Facebook and Instagram for it all the time, there are clinics all over where I live advertising Semaglutide treatment for weight loss.

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Re:Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and al... by dimmke on Sunday April 28, 2024 @05:37PM (#40192238)
Additionally, "Ozempic" (semaglutide) has become the blanket word to describe an entire class of drugs (GLP-1 Agonists) that all kind of do the same thing. Some of which have already been proven in clinical trials to be even more effective than Ozempic (ex. Tirzepatide)

It's like when COVID hit and somehow "Zoom" became the shorthand for online video meetings even though there were (and still are) a ton of options for that functionality on the market.

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Re:Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and al... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday April 28, 2024 @05:13PM (#40191993)
There are multiple formulations, e.g. Ozempic vs Wegovy.
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Re:Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and al... by doubleg72 on Sunday April 28, 2024 @08:23PM (#40193198)
Ozempic is for diabetics, wegovy is for weight loss
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Re:Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and al... by voisin on Sunday April 28, 2024 @05:16PM (#40192025)
Both Ozempic and Wegovy are manufactured by Novo Nordisk. That’s not competition. It is market segmentation as they are marketed for different uses.
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Re:Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and al... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday April 28, 2024 @05:17PM (#40192036)
Oh, didn’t know that. Doesn’t Eli Lilly have a competitor?
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Re:Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and al... by Fredej on Sunday April 28, 2024 @05:30PM (#40192169)
They do. It's called Mounjaro.
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