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Cost sensitivity points toward injection

And people gain the weight back when they come off it. Costs for five of the GLP-1 drugs Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy, Zepbound, and Saxenda topped $300 million for Boston-based Blue Cross last year, more than double what it spent in 2023

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