April 20th • 3h 34m
Shownotes
Every new episode of No Agenda is accompanied by a comprehensive list of shownotes curated by Adam while preparing for the show. Clips played by the hosts during the show can also be found here.
Big Pharma
Ozempic Blindness lawsuit
Adam—Life imitates No Agenda. Y’all have discussed
all the Ozempic marketing, the efforts to get it covered by insurance,
the health risks that these drugs entail, and the abject lack of
transparency shrouding the whole operation. You’ve even talked about
Ozempic-induced blindness.
Now there’s a lawsuit in New Jersey claiming that Ozempic made a woman go blind by inducing a condition called “nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy,” or “NAION.” Short, highlighted article attached.
According to the lawsuit:
· NAION
happens suddenly, often when people wake up blind in one eye. It’s
irreversible, and 15% of the time spreads to the other eye.
· Novo Nordisk has had a lot of evidence linking Ozempic to NAION, but failed to warn anyone.
· At
the same time, Novo Nordisk is spending “hundreds of millions” of
dollars (1) to have obesity classified as a “disease,” (2) to “ingrain[]
these drugs in the pop culture zeitgeist,” and (3) to get private
insurers to cover the drug.
I say again: Life imitates No Agenda.
