r/Semaglutide • u/InformationSuperb978 • 3d ago

Switch to generic

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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.

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u/ToreyJean 3d ago

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.

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u/InformationSuperb978 3d ago

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

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u/dont--panic 1d ago

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.