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Returning to our Part D dashboard, we see their collective dominance in Medicare Part D in 2019, as nearly 20 million prescriptions were dispensed at a pre-rebate cost of $12 billion in the program during that time, as shown in Figure 5 (note that the unit costs of Xarelto looks a little high in comparison, because it is dosed one unit per day as opposed to Eliquis and Pradaxa, which are both dosed at two units per day

For other medicines like semaglutide, exenatide, liraglutide, dulaglutide, or lixisenatide, there is no proof that they make the pill less effective

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MARKET ECOSYSTEM The GLP-1 agonists ecosystem encompasses a network of interdependent stakeholders, including drug manufacturers, contract research and manufacturing organizations, healthcare providers, and end users