At this online pharmacy, they're
shipping out the weight loss drug
Munjaro, almost as fast as the stock
comes in. 4,000 orders a day as people
desperately try to stockpile ahead of a
steep price rise next week. But Sky News
can now reveal an official discount
scheme will take some of the sting out
of the price rise. From September the
1st, the list price of the highest 15
milligram dose was due to almost treble
from 122 a month at the moment to 330.
But a private and confidential document
from Eli Liy to pharmacies confirms a
discount of almost £83 that has to be
passed on to customers. That would mean
the cost to the top dose would be just
over £247.
Lower doses will have a smaller
discount. So how much have you lost? uh
six and a half stone
>> in how long?
>> Uh since last November.
>> That is quite a transformation.
>> Absolutely. Yeah. One of the best things
I've done.
>> It's still a sharp price hike though.
Reese is petrified he may have to stop
treatment. When he missed a dose
recently, his appetite quickly returned.
>> I fear just from that week missing it. I
think it's like jumping off a cliff and
you're you're back to square one. Um
>> well, what do you think would happen?
>> I'd put all the weight back on.
>> No doubt in your mind.
>> No doubt in my mind. Online pharmacy
checkup thinks most people will switch
to the alternative weight loss drug way
goi it's cheaper but less effective but
they fear others will take risks for
their health to try and save money.
>> We would urge absolutely everybody to
avoid the black market to avoid
buticians offering to give you
injections of semiglutide or tispatide.
Absolutely do not do that. Um we would
also urge people not to micro dose not
to skip weeks. This all started because
President Trump said foreign freeloaders
were getting a better deal on the cost
of medicines than Americans. But Eli Liy
risks taking a commercial hit, losing
market share to its rivals, even with a
discount to Munjaro.
In a statement, Eli Liy told Sky News,
"We are working with private providers
on commercial arrangement to maintain
affordability and expect these to be
passed on to patients when the change is
effective on the 1st of September." My
biggest fear is I' I'd go back to this.
>> But many patients like Reese have come
to rely on Mojaro and they're now asking
whether they can afford it even with the
discount. Thomas Moore Sky News and
Chippenham Wiltshire.