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At NPR’s All Things Considered, Sydney Lupkin asked DrugPatentWatch if drug patents could be used to identify injector pens which could then be exchanged to fix drug shortages.
Referring to Ozempic’s deficiency, a patient asked if a Norditropin pen could be used to deliver:
Perhaps Novo Nordisk, struggling to keep up with Ozempic’s soaring demand, diverts the plastic pen from Norditropin to use it for Ozempic.
Listen to the episode, or read the transcript with my answer, at https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/05/15/1176220138/families-scramble-to-find-growth-hormone-drug-as-shortage-drags-on
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