Is Ozempic and Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk helping Americans save taxpayer money or ripping them off? The company's CEO is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill Tuesday.

Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen will testify Tuesday before a Senate panel looking into the drug maker's pricing of weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic.

In a high-profile showdown Tuesday with Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Senate health committee, Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen will be asked to defend the drugs’ U.S. monthly list prices of $969 and $1,

Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen faces a Senate hearing led by Bernie Sanders over the high cost of Ozempic and Wegovy, as U.S. lawmakers push for drug price reductions.

Novo Nordisk, tje manufacturer behind Ozempic and Wegovy has another weight loss medication in the works — but according to its trial results, it has some pretty freaky side effects. As Fierce Biotech reports,

A Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension hearing scheduled for Tuesday has all the makings of a showdown as Novo Nordisk (NVO) CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen is set to be the sole witness to testify about the drugmaker's prices for the diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy.