Fact Sheet: Big Pharma Brings Insulin Price-Gouging Playbook To Blockbuster Weight Loss Drugs

As 2023 comes to a close, one of the biggest stories in the drug pricing space this year has been a new “gold rush” for Big Pharma around weight loss drugs. Several Big Pharma companies have launched new products in this space or received approval to prescribe older products for this new category. It’s increasingly becoming clear, however, that Big Pharma is sizing up this new market for a business-as-usual approach to price-gouging: including targeting the U.S. for the highest prices in the world and setting egregious prices amid widespread interest and demand.