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Generic semaglutide floods India as patent expires, cutting prices up to 90%

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Major generic semaglutide launcher after winning partial Delhi High Court ruling

Only 200,000 of India's roughly 250 million people living with obesity have ever taken a GLP-1 receptor agonist—the class of drugs that includes Novo Nordisk's blockbuster Ozempic and Wegovy. On March 21, the day after Novo's last Indian patent expired, more than 40 companies began selling generic semaglutide at prices as low as 1,290 rupees a month—about $15, compared to $100-175 for the branded versions. It is the largest single-day generic launch in Indian pharmaceutical history.

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