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Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk facing pressure as study finds $1,000 appetite suppressant can be made for just $5 (fortune.com)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Wonder how much public funding was used toward the research.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You can look it up: https://www.novonordisk.com/partnering-and-open-innovation/open-innovation/private-public-partnerships.html

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

nothing on this page mentions anything about Ozempic, semaglutide, or the amounts of funding received. the closest thing is a list of current diabetes research projects with, again, no amounts listed and no clear relation to ozempic.