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by heavyset_go 413 days ago
> When a low quality lab in China is producing something that normally costs such a high amount there are always corners cut, quality issues and people manufacturing it that are not using the same quality control and standards you would even get from a compounding pharmacy.

The cost of GLP-1 drugs doesn't come from production costs or complexity, it is purely a function of being on patent.

A month's supply of Ozempic costs less than a dollar to produce. It costs $25k in the US because of patents.