<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Downtick</title><description>The GLP-1 economy, explained in 5 minutes. A twice weekly brief on the business of GLP-1 drugs.</description><link>https://thedowntick.com/</link><item><title>Raised twice. Fell anyway.</title><link>https://thedowntick.com/editions/raised-twice-fell-anyway/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thedowntick.com/editions/raised-twice-fell-anyway/</guid><description>Novo&apos;s second guidance raise of 2026, the price erosion underneath it, and the first time we have heard management pair the Canadian and Brazilian patent expiries. Plus the twins&apos; launch window, now open.</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Everyone is quoting 2023 prices.</title><link>https://thedowntick.com/editions/quoting-2023-prices/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thedowntick.com/editions/quoting-2023-prices/</guid><description>AI engines are serving 2023 GLP-1 prices as current. What our July audit found, what the semaglutide shelf actually looks like in 2026, and why a maintained record beats a better article.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The twins.</title><link>https://thedowntick.com/editions/the-twins/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thedowntick.com/editions/the-twins/</guid><description>Plosbrio and Poviztra, Novo Nordisk&apos;s own lower-priced twins of Ozempic and Wegovy: approved December 22, 2025, still unlaunched as of July 29, and the timing calculus keeping them off Canadian shelves.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The $450 decision.</title><link>https://thedowntick.com/editions/the-450-decision/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thedowntick.com/editions/the-450-decision/</guid><description>The paper trail behind Novo&apos;s lapsed Canadian semaglutide patent, what the $450 actually cost, and whether it was strategy or a paperwork failure wearing a strategy costume.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>50 vs 33 vs 47.</title><link>https://thedowntick.com/editions/50-vs-33-vs-47/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thedowntick.com/editions/50-vs-33-vs-47/</guid><description>Novo sued Lilly Tuesday and moved for an expedited injunction Friday. Inside the three numbers driving the GLP-1 ad war, and what it means for the telehealth layer caught between them.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Novo blinked.</title><link>https://thedowntick.com/editions/novo-blinked/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thedowntick.com/editions/novo-blinked/</guid><description>Novo&apos;s first backward step, the lawsuit against Lilly, and who gets hurt as the pill era reprices everything.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>