"India got it earlier this year, and Canada approved it last month. But when is the United States going to get a generic version of Ozempic?

Not this decade, experts say.

Thanks largely to loopholes in the U.S. patent system, Americans aren’t expected to get generic forms of semaglutide, the drug in Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy, until at least the end of 2031."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/generic-ozempic-united-states-limitation-drug-patents-india-canada-rcna344737

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Cheaper generic Ozempic is coming soon — but not for Americans. Here’s why.

India got it earlier this year, and Canada approved it last month. But when is the United States going to get a generic version of Ozempic?

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Korea Pharmaceutical and Bio-Pharma Manufacturers Association holds emergency meeting to address government's drug price reform, which cuts generic pricing rate from 53.55% to 45%, with gradual implementation until 2036 to minimize industry impact
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Korea Pharmaceutical and Bio-Pharma Manufacturers Association Vows to Minimize Industry Impact from Government Drug Price Cuts

Korea Pharmaceutical and Bio-Pharma Manufacturers Association holds emergency meeting to address government's drug price reform, which cuts generic pricing rate from 53.55% to 45%, with gradual implementation until 2036 to minimize industry impact

Yonhap Infomax
US lawmakers warn of dangerous dependence on China for key medicine ingredients. Experts say this poses risks to public health and national security. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/us-pharmaceutical-dependence-on-china-security-risk-ab2igg1b?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #USPharmaceuticals #ChinaMedicineSupply #GenericDrugs
#RxInspector: ProPublica’s New Tool Provides #Drug Info the #FDA Won’t
Even though #genericdrugs make up 90% of #prescriptions dispensed in the #US, the FDA only provides piecemeal information about them. It’s scattered across different websites with no easy way to link #drugs to their manufacturers, factory locations and regulatory track records. Over many months, journalists connected that data.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rx-inspector-prescription-drug-lookup
Rx Inspector: ProPublica’s New Tool Provides Drug Info the FDA Won’t

We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and see the track records of the factories that made them.

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ProPublica: ProPublica Publishes Unreleased Data on the Origins of Generic Prescription Drugs. “The data, which ProPublica created by linking several FDA datasets, has never been made available by the agency before. It will allow anyone to connect prescriptions to the facilities they were manufactured in by linking National Drug Code numbers to FDA Establishment Identifiers of drug […]

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ProPublica: ProPublica Publishes Unreleased Data on the Origins of Generic Prescription Drugs

ProPublica: ProPublica Publishes Unreleased Data on the Origins of Generic Prescription Drugs. “The data, which ProPublica created by linking several FDA datasets, has never been made availab…

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The FDA’s Lax Generic Drug Rules Can Put Patients’ Lives at Risk

Generic drugs are supposed to be equivalent to brand-name medications — but the FDA doesn’t always ensure that.

https://murica.website/2026/01/the-fdas-lax-generic-drug-rules-can-put-patients-lives-at-risk/

The FDA’s Lax Generic Drug Rules Can Put Patients’ Lives at Risk – The USA Potato

https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-generic-drug-testing

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So many things we could be doing and need to be doing. But the President is afraid of wind, looking to annex Greenland and start a war with Venezuela, and make America white again.

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The FDA Often Doesn’t Test Generic Drugs for Quality Concerns, So ProPublica Did

Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every year, its own records show, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.

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U.S. Senators Address Risks of Foreign Drug Supply Dependence

At a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing titled 'Bad Medicine: Closing Loopholes that Kill American Patients,' U.S. lawmakers highlighted the national security and public health risks posed by the country's reliance on foreign drug supplies, particularly from China and India. The U.S. imports ... [More info]