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Additionally, semaglutide was developed as a drug for diabetes. It took a decade or so for NN to realize they walked backward into a giant money pit with the weight and addiction component and they are doing their damnedest to get every last cent they can before the patent expires. As is their prerogative, technically, but at this point I think this drug promises a real significant public health benefit that we haven't seen in our lifetime, especially around addiction and other impulse disorders.

Millions of peoples lives could be made better within months if this stuff was made freely available tomorrow. It would cause all manner of downstream benefits for society, in particular I think it would have a real impact on reducing some load on a healthcare industry that is buckling at the weight of our collective unhealthiness.

I honestly think the FDA should find a way to put the screws to NN such that they reduce the cost of this drug and license it at an affordable cost to the compounders.