Wegovy

product on 14 shows · 9 statements across 7 episodes · said 78 times in 29 episodes since 2023

TBPN 25 Acquired 16 All-In 14 Invest Like the Best 4 My First Million 3 Big Technology 3 BigDeal 2 the Startup Ideas Podcast 2 WTF is with Nikhil Kamath 2 Sourcery 2 20VC 2 Innovators & Investors 1 Cheeky Pint 1 the a16z Podcast 1

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TBPN 25Acquired 16All-In 14Invest Like the Best 4My First Million 3Big Technology 3WTF is with Nikhil Kamath 2the Startup Ideas Podcast 26 more shows

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2025 17 mentions in 5 episodes 3 per episode
2024 39 mentions in 10 episodes 4 per episode
2023 11 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode

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20VC Assertion Supported
Hims & Hers announced a Wegovy pill option for $149
“We just announced the Wagovi pill of one 49.”
Andrew Dudum Apr 4, 2026 ▶ 19:15 How Hims & Hers Reached a $4.3BN Market Cap on $2.3BN of Revenue | Andrew Dudum · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
CHEEKY PINT Assertion Supported
Ricks: Self-pay Zepbound is the #1 prescribed form of GLP-1s
“Actually, the number one prescribed form of these medications is Zep-bound self-buy. We sell more than that than our insured business, a new patient starts, and more than all of we go.”
Dave Ricks Nov 11, 2025 ▶ 1:34:40 Dave Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly, on GLP-1s and the business of pharma
TBPN Assertion Supported
Coogan: Hims & Hers drops record 32% after Novo Nordisk split
“News that the deal was scrapped weighed heavily on Hims and Herb's shares, sending them down 32% in afternoon trading in what would be the largest decline for the stock on record. Novo Nordisk's shares were down nearly six percent in New York.”
John Coogan Jun 28, 2025 ▶ 1:17:50 Weekly Recap: Tesla Robotaxi, Mr. Beast's AI Tool, Yacine, The Social Network 2, Neuralink Update
TBPN Assertion Contradicted
Coogan: Only 50,000 Americans are currently active weekly semaglutide users for obesity
“How many people do you think are taking it? Like weekly active users... It's 50,000. Isn't that crazy?”
John Coogan Nov 19, 2024 ▶ 47:52 Who's Getting Rich Off Ozempic? (e12)
BIG TECHNOLOGY Assertion Supported
Hari: Ozempic and Wegovy users average 15% weight loss in a year
“The average person who takes Ozempic and Wegovy, they're the same thing with different labels loses 15% of their body weight in a year.”
Johann Hari Sep 4, 2024 ▶ 15:57 How Ozempic Changes Our Bodies, Minds, and Economy — With Johann Hari
ACQUIRED Assertion Contradicted
Wegovy matched Saxenda's lifetime United States doctor prescriptions in one month
“So when Wegevee finally launches in the U.S. In 2021 as the official FDA sanctioned weight loss version of semaglutide, it gets the same number of prescriptions written for it by doctors. In the first slightly over one month than Saxenda had in its entire drug…”
David Rosenthal Jan 22, 2024 ▶ 2:20:57 Novo Nordisk (Ozempic) · Acquired
ACQUIRED Assertion Supported
Wegovy and Ozempic cost over $1,000 monthly in the United States
“The price of Ozempic to treat diabetes is north of a thousand dollars, and Wegovy for weight loss is north of 1300 dollars per month before insurance, and this is in the U.S. So expensive, right? That's a lot of money. In Canada, of course, Ozempic is 147 doll…”
Ben Gilbert Jan 22, 2024 ▶ 2:27:32 Novo Nordisk (Ozempic) · Acquired
ACQUIRED Prediction Not checkable as stated
Massive GLP-1 demand will enable multiple pharma hits like insulin
“I think this is going to be like insulin all over again, where there's just going to be a series of product improvements and companies will drive innovation and increase supply. I mean, the demand is so huge out there that Monroe can be a huge hit. Ozempic and…”
David Rosenthal Jan 22, 2024 ▶ 2:36:13 Novo Nordisk (Ozempic) · Acquired
ALL-IN Disclosure
Jason Calacanis lost 41 pounds via fasting, hiking, and GLP-1s
“I'm down 41 pounds from the peak. 20 pounds with hiking and using the fasting app that Kevin Rose built, and then the other half zero, great fasting app, and the other half was Ozempic Wigobi.”
Jason Calacanis Jul 27, 2023 ▶ 12:21 E139: Recapping Chamath's wedding, VC surplus, unions vs Hollywood, room-temp superconductors & more

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