Study: ‘gamechanger’ diabetes drugs cost up to 400 times more than needed

Study: ‘gamechanger’ diabetes drugs cost up to 400 times more than needed

Drug companies urged to ‘release stranglehold’ on medicines such as Ozempic and Trulicity, as millions are priced out of treatment

Drug companies are pricing diabetes medicines at almost 400 times the level necessary to make a profit, according to a new study.

Researchers said it would also be possible for modern insulin pens, which are safer and offer more accurate doses than vials and syringes, to be used even in low-income countries if pharmaceutical firms “put people before their astronomical profits”.

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