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Mounjaro is not yet available as part of Australia's PBS. (Getty Images: Matthew Horwood)
Mounjaro is a popular drug used for eight loss and to treat Type 2 diabetes.
Eli Lilly has not agreed to price points for the Australian market.
The company CEO David Ricks says he is still open to bringing the drug into Australia.
Eli Lilly pharmaceuticals CEO David Ricks says he still wants to reach an agreement with the Australian government and bring diabetes and weight loss drug Mounjaro into the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
The US-based pharmaceutical giant had previously walked away from a deal to have the drug listed on the PBS, due to a pricing dispute.
VIDEO: PBS failure to list Mounjaro for type-2 diabetics questioned
DAVID RICKS, ELI LILLY CEO: Great to be with you again.
SARAH FERGUSON: These weight loss and diabetes drugs have been phenomenally successful. Do you actually want Mounjaro to be listed on the Australian PBS? Or are you concerned about how it might impact how much you can charge for the same drugs in America?
DAVID RICKS: Well, we definitely want Mounjaro to be listed on the PBS scheme. I think we've attempted that at least three times so far, and it's unusual to not be listed because it's on the WHO essential medicine list. And I think your expert clinicians, well, expert clinicians everywhere, but including in Australia, are highly recommending it for people with diabetes.
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Rosie O'Donnell called her doctor in tears over cancer fears after taking GLP-1
Rosie O'Donnell revealed that she feared she had cancer after she began taking Mounjaro (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Rosie O’Donnell revealed that she thought she had cancer after experiencing significant weight loss.
O’Donnell, 64, appeared on the Good Hang podcast, hosted by Saturday Night Live icon Amy Poehler, where she discussed her weight loss. O’Donnell explained that she has been on Mounjaro, a GLP-1 drug used to treat her diagnosed type-2 diabetes, for three years. However, after she began the drug, she was shocked by her weight loss, prompting her to fear that her health was at risk.
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