Russian analogues of the drug "Ozempik" surpassed the original in terms of sales

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Russian analogues of the drug "Ozempik" surpassed the original in terms of sales
October 10th. /MEDIA TALK/. On Thursday, October 10, it became known that this year the Russian analogues of the drug "Ozempik" surpassed the original in terms of sales. According to the DSM Group, 829.9 thousand similar drugs were sold in Russia in January-August, RBC reported.

We are talking about medicines with semaglutide, a substance used in Ozempika. At the same time, Russians are buying analogues of the drug not for the treatment of diabetes, but for weight loss, the media noted.


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The total cost of medicines with semaglutide sold in Russia this year amounted to 4.9 billion rubles. The figures for the same period in 2023 were noticeably lower — 206.8 thousand packages worth 2.1 billion rubles.

Recall that on the eve it was reported that in Russia in 2025, another analogue of a weight loss drug from the United States will appear. It will be called "Sejaro".
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