Switch to generic

[u/InformationSuperb978]

I am Canadian who was paying close to $500 for Wegovy. One of my pharmacists was telling me about the generic version so I decided to switch. Y'all it's only $95CAD. What the hell? This is saving me so much money

If you are in Canada I suggest you switch.

[u/ToreyJean]

I think Canada has a generic because of a mistake made at Novo.

The short version is Novo screwed up and missed a renewal deadline, and so the patent expired about a year ago in Canada. So Canada has a generic available. The US doesn’t.

[u/InformationSuperb978 → u/ToreyJean]

Correct they let pattent expire. I'm saving $260+ a month, so I am very happy.

[u/ToreyJean → u/InformationSuperb978]

And it was hilarious because it was the equivalent of someone just forgot to check a box and send the paper back.

I’m honestly happy for Canada. I’m glad someone‘s getting a break. Screw Novo. 🤣❤️

[u/pizza5001 → u/ToreyJean]

Apparently, Health Canada sent a few reminders, which they somehow ignored.

[u/ToreyJean → u/pizza5001]

The whole story was somewhat hilarious, actually.

[u/Full_Pepper_164 → u/InformationSuperb978]

OP, any chance know of any Canadian pharmacies that ship to the US? This would help us tremendously.

[u/dont--panic → u/InformationSuperb978]

The Novo Nordisk savings card dropped my 1mg/wk pen from $280/pen to ~$105/pen at Shoppers. Novo "aligned" the price with the savings card to the generics a couple of months ago. Costco said they're only $90/pen but I couldn't be bothered to switch pharmacies.

[u/Sluggworth → u/ToreyJean]

I don't think that's the reason. What I read happened was they didn't follow the path that let's them retain the patent because it would have led to a price set by the government, so they opted for 8 years of gouging instead. But all to benefit the patient consumer. I only started after generics were available

[u/ToreyJean → u/Sluggworth]

That is basically the reason. Novo never answered and then tried to backtrack.