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Dale Folwell says North Carolina is “under siege” by drugmakers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly. The North Carolina treasurer said the sky-high costs of popular weight loss drugs — Wegovy and Saxenda, from Novo Nordisk, and Zepbound, from Eli Lilly — have financially strained the state’s health insurance plan for its more than 750,000 teachers, state employees and retirees, forcing it to stop providing coverage for the drugs earlier this year. According to the state treasurer’s office, last year, Nor…
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