Consumers who pay privately for the Mounjaro weight loss drug could have to shell out thousands more if they want to continue with the treatment, after manufacturer Eli Lilly announced an increase to the list price of the product.
The increase comes after US President Donald Trump said that drug prices in the US should be aligned with those abroad.
Mounjaro has been judged to be the most effective amongst its competitors, allowing users to lose 20 per cent of their bodyweight.
The NHS will not be affected by the announcement as they have already agreed a heavily discounted rate for patients who are prescribed the drug.
“It’s been a game changer”, Kay told The i Paper, “It’s amazing. My colleagues, some of them I haven’t seen since last summer, and when we met recently, they’re looking past me, they don’t recognise me.”
Jade Kay has lost 7st whilst taking Mounjaro and says it has been a ‘game changer’
Kay has spent £2,400 in the past 16 months on weight-loss jabs, but the new costs would mean paying thousands more.
At the current cost, Ms Kay finds it a struggle, and does whatever she can to make sure she can access the treatment as cheaply as possible.
Kay said: “Every month I set aside an hour to find the new supplier, and because I’m always signing up for new suppliers and shopping around I’ve never paid more than £160.”
Now, with prices set to soar, Kay has taken out a credit card so she can stock up on Mounjaro. She has bought three pens, and plans to buy a fourth. This, she says, will mean she has enough of the drug to last until 2026, when she hopes to hit her target weight.
Jade Kay weighed more than 18st before she started taking the drug. She said she had been bullied at school and suffered with sciatica as an adult. Kay said spending £2.4k on the Mounjaro was “so worth it”.“I haven’t waited tables since I was in my early twenties, but if I need to go and waitress to do this, I will.”
She said:” They’ve done it with just with two weeks notice, if people had six months or a year’s notice that would be one thing, but two weeks?
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Meanwhile, switching to a different drug, like Ozempic or Wegovy, is not a simple solution to getting round the Mounjaro price hike, Kay warned.
In a statement, Eli Lilly said: “The UK was one of the first countries where Lilly launched Mounjaro, and our priority was to bring it to patients as quickly as possible during a time of limited availability.
“With changes in the environment and new clinical evidence supporting the value of Mounjaro, we are now aligning the list price more consistently to ensure fair global contributions to the cost of innovation.”
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