„Das Potenzial ist phänomenal“: Der Arzneimittelhersteller Vimmy Pharma plant die Herstellung einer erschwinglichen, in Kanada hergestellten generischen Version von Ozempic

I wonder why the patent wasnt renewed. I remember reading about it last year and i don’t believe the story. Part of me thinks someone f’d up but then again i dont see how a multi billion dollar company could make a mistake like that. And I dont know squat about the pharmaceutical industry soo… anyways.

Fun fact: it’s orally active. But it’s much, much more potent by injection. If the cost wasn’t a concern it could be provided in pill format. Many medications with low oral absorption just solve the problem with brute force, as it were. But you can’t do that with Ozempic which is like $1000 / mg. Perhaps that will soon change.

This is likely to be mooted entirely within the next few years anyway, by a new GLP-1 compound that *is* highly absorbed by mouth.

Any idea what the time frame will be? How quickly will it come to market?