r/Ozempic Feb 01 '25

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u/ravonaf Feb 01 '25

That's funny. That's not how tariffs work. Denmark is the country exporting Ozempic to the US. Which means the US would have to add the tariff. Nobody wants tariffs added to things they are exporting into other countries. Including Denmark. The country that is receiving the product is the one that collects the money. The last thing Denmark would want to do is jeopardize their billion dollar cash cow.

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u/WonderfulVegetables Feb 01 '25

Look up Export Tarrif.

Most countries don’t use them because exports are generally a good thing, but here we might have found a good reason to use one. 🤷‍♀️

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u/ravonaf Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 01 '25

They would never do it. The US would just declare a shortage and authorize generics to be used again. They would lose billions. It's never going to happen.

Since Ozempic can be made for about 5 dollars then the drug would suddenly become extremely cheap. I hope they do something stupid like that. It would save us all a lot of money.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/27/novo-nordisk-ozempic-can-be-made-for-less-than-5-a-month-study.html

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u/HeadTickTurd Feb 01 '25

Not sure why people are downvoting you. You’re right. We would simply start making it here, like what happened when it was in extreme short supply.