The blockbuster weight loss drug sold as Ozempic and Wegovy [has, on 21 March, gone] generic in countries that are home to 40 percent of the world’s population, significantly lowering the price of a costly medicine that had been largely unaffordable to nearly all but the wealthiest people. On Saturday, Novo Nordisk, the company that until now has had a monopoly on selling the drug, will lose patent protection in several of the world’s most populous countries. The first generic versions are expected to arrive in India as soon as this weekend. In the coming months, the generics are also expected to become available in China, Canada, Brazil, Turkey and South Africa.

  • rabber@lemmy.ca
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    18 hours ago

    After losing half of his weight he ghosted me and I haven’t heard from him in 2 years now.

    My best theory is he got female attention for the first time in his life and he subconsciously wrote me off as useless to him now. He got strung along by a couple of girls and he didn’t like my opinions on any of that and kind of just got rid of me.

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      18 hours ago

      damn that’s sad, I have seen this thing happening with people losing weight in general. not like they all turn our like your friend but some of them just behave a certain way due to lack of self-esteem.

      no wonder i guess, people usually don’t treat you like a person if you are overweight, and then having all that attention went over his head probably

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        17 hours ago

        Yeah it was actually chatgpt that tossed me this theory and it makes perfect sense. I don’t think ozempic itself destroyed his brain. It was just the rapid weight loss in general which was only possible due to ozempic. Dude went from like 350 to 200 so fast.