Increased demand can justify the high prices? Companies generally want to have a backpressure of demand outstripping supply because then they can creep prices u

Increased demand can justify the high prices? Companies generally want to have a backpressure of demand outstripping supply because then they can creep prices up without impacting sales. Alternatively, if everyone is clamoring for the drug, maybe that influences regulators/lawmakers for what gets covered by Medicare. Honestly, the way people are talking about semaglutide - it could become a drug that is just provided to everyone who wants it, by default, paid by the government. (And would probably be a net positive ROI by the government - the amount of savings and increased productivity if America reduced obesity rates by 10+% would be incredible)