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		Someone1234 20 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Novo Nordisk launches Wegovy weight-loss pill in U... Because if you compare it to the injection trial, you'll see even higher weight loss, and even lower side effects. We're also producing 25mg of oral medication for the same effectiveness as 2.4mg of injection; that doesn't make economic sense.

JumpCrisscross 20 days ago [–]

> We're also producing 25mg of oral medication for the same effectiveness as 2.4mg of injection; that doesn't make economic sense

Plenty of people can’t or won’t inject. And plenty of people don’t need 2.4mg injected.

The pill is cheaper to make, distribute and take. That seems to make economic sense to me.

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