{"id":346099,"date":"2025-07-27T17:07:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T22:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/27\/wegovy-for-me-but-not-for-thee-contd\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T17:07:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T22:07:57","slug":"wegovy-for-me-but-not-for-thee-contd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/27\/wegovy-for-me-but-not-for-thee-contd\/","title":{"rendered":"Wegovy \u2122 for Me, but Not for Thee (cont\u2019d)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The just-announced trade \u201cdeal\u201d (what\u2019s the enforcement mechanism?) apparently covers pharmaceuticals. Where do we get most of our pharma (by value)? From Joey Politano, the answer:<\/p>\n

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Source:<\/strong> Politano<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything on paper (and even if there were, would it mean much?).<\/p>\n

So, not the 50% I pondered back in May<\/a>, but still 15% is above 10%.<\/p>\n

* To be clear, we do not know if Mr. Trump is taking a GLP-1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

** Back of the envelope calculation of tax increase. Effective tariff rate rises from 1.2% to 15%; 2024 imports from EU equals approx 600 bn. Assuming no price response (price elasticity is 0), and US as small country, this is a tax increase of $83bn\/year, or $70 bn\/year assuming a price elasticity of demand of unity.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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