I’ve been exploring ways to get semaglutide for myself. This update from today’s Economist changes the equation a lot!

Novo Nordisk slashed the monthly cost of Wegovy, its weight-loss injection, from more than $1,300 to $499 for American patients not paying for it through health insurance. Discounted jabs will be sold directly to them through the firm’s own online pharmacy. Competition between weight-loss drugmakersis heating up; last week Eli Lilly reduced the price of some of its Zepbound injections.

I tried getting Wegovy directly and paying out of pocket and the price was crazy of course. I ended up getting a prescription from a reputable compounding pharmacy for just $285. However you then have to administer the injection yourself, with no injector. At this new price it is about a $200 premium for the Wegovy brand and to get it in an injector.