Okay, so some people need special medicines to help them with their health problems. These medicines can be very expensive, and the companies that make them sometimes increase the prices a lot. Some of these medicines are called Ozempic, Mounjaro, and others. They have become more costly because the price of other things in the world has gone up. The people who make these medicines say they need to raise the prices so they can keep making new and better medicines for everyone. But some experts think this is not fair and that there should be rules to make sure these medicines are not too expensive for people who need them. Read from source...

1. The title of the article is misleading and sensationalist. It suggests that drugmakers are purposely increasing the prices of these drugs to take advantage of inflation, without providing any concrete evidence or data to support this claim. A more accurate and neutral title would be something like "Inflation-Adjusted Price Increases for Ozempic, Mounjaro, and Other Diabetes Drugs: An Analysis."

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Key points:
- Ozempic and Mounjaro prices increased by 7% and 4.5%, respectively, in the US in 2023
- Drugmakers cite factors such as market conditions, inflation, value, efficacy and safety for price increases
- Hundreds of brand-name drugs have been increased in price in 2024, some by double digits
- Economist Steve Morgan argues that prices are unfair and do not reflect research costs or public funding
- Drugmakers defend their pricing strategies as necessary to recoup development costs and incentivize innovation