France will reimburse the cost of weight-loss drugs prescribed to severely obese patients from mid-June in a first for a European Union country, Health Minister Stephanie Rist said on Thursday.Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro medications have led a boom in anti-obesity treatment, attracting interest from governments keen to address rising overweight levels worldwide.Rist estimated the annual cost to the state at around €100 million (US$116 million) at full roll-out. Patients in France are currently paying around €300 per month on average for the drugs, she said, without indicating how many people currently follow such treatments.
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France becomes first EU country to reimburse anti-obesity drugs
France will become the first EU country to reimburse the cost of anti-obesity drugs for severely obese patients starting in mid-June. Health Minister Stephanie Rist announced the decision, which aims to address rising overweight levels.
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France will become the first EU country to reimburse the cost of anti-obesity drugs for severely obese patients starting in mid-June. Health Minister Stephanie Rist announced the decision, which aims to address rising overweight levels. The reimbursement will cover medications like Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly's Mounjaro. The estimated annual cost to the French state is around €100 million at full implementation. Currently, patients in France pay approximately €300 per month for these treatments.
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France is the first European Union country to reimburse anti-obesity drugs.
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France will reimburse the cost of weight-loss drugs prescribed to severely obese patients from mid-June.
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Patients in France currently pay around €300 per month on average for the drugs.
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The estimated annual cost to the state for these reimbursements will be around €100 million at full roll-out.
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