In the U.S., Type 2 diabetes drugs Ozempic, Rybelsus and Mounjaro, and the weight loss medication Wegovy, cost between $936 and $1,349 for a month’s supply.
Japan, the country with the second-highest average cost for this popular class of medications, is five times less. There, Ozempic costs about $170, Rybelsus is $69 and Mounjaro is about $320.
List prices in other nations are significantly 10 times less: In France, Australia, the U.K., Sweden the Netherlands and Germany, Ozempic is between $80 and $100, according to the analysis.