[quote]France is the latest European country to refuse to cover weight loss drugs through its national insurance programme.
[quote]France isn’t the only country taking a cautious approach to the medicines. For example, a 1980s law bans Germany’s national health system from paying for drugs that target “lifestyle” issues like obesity, smoking cessation, hair growth, and erectile dysfunction. That means that while Novo Nordisk has been selling Wegovy in Germany since 2023, only privately insured patients or those willing to pay out-of-pocket can get it.
[quote]Wegovy also isn’t usually covered in Denmark – Novo Nordisk’s home country – partly because the Danish health authority estimates that it would cost about 6 million Danish kroner (about $880,000) to prevent a single cardiovascular event.