Diabetes drug Ozempic will cost half-price for US patients paying cash

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The drug is available as a weight-loss medication under the brand name Wegovy and will now also be sold directly to diabetes patients

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American diabetes patients will now be able to buy the wildly popular weight-loss drug Ozempic for half its usual price — as long as they pay out of pocket.