[RobotToaster]

According to one report[0] in three months there were 9m prescriptions for semaglutide, which can be extrapolated to 36m in a year.

3b/36m = 83.34.

So they could have recouped their development cost in a single year, just from USA sales, charging only $84 over the cost price.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/27/ozempic-wegovy-drug-prescrip...