09:07 AM EDT, 05/13/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Novo Nordisk ( NVO ) , based in Denmark, has been asked by Bernie Sanders of Vermont to reduce the prices of its Ozempic and Wegovy drugs in the US, multiple media outlets reported Monday, citing a column published by the US senator in Danish newspaper Politiken.

Ozempic costs 6,700 Danish kroner ($969.6) per month in the US, while it is sold for less than 500 kroner in other countries, Sanders wrote in the column for Politiken.

Sanders urged Denmark's government to put pressure on Novo Nordisk ( NVO ) to lower the prices of the two drugs, the outlets reported, citing the column.

Neither Novo Nordisk ( NVO ) nor the senator's office immediately responded to MT Newswires' requests for comment.

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