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Novo Nordisk Furious at $49 Knockoff Ozempic Pill

Frank Landymore

created: Feb. 6, 2026, 7:05 p.m. | updated: Feb. 12, 2026, 2:39 a.m.

Novo Nordisk conquered the world with its borderline miraculous drug semaglutide, sold as Ozempic and Wegovy. “Novo Nordisk will take legal and regulatory action to protect patients, our intellectual property and the integrity of the US gold-standard drug approval framework. Pill versions are seen as the next big steep for weight loss drugs, as they’re cheaper and less intimidating than shots. Its CEO Mike Doustdar claimed that the Wegovy pill is selling 15 times faster in its first month that than the injectable version on its debut, per the NYT. More on weight loss drugs: People Who Go Off GLP-1s Are Experiencing a Sudden and Terrible Hunger

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