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Man Faints in Oval Office as Trump Admin Announces Price Cuts in Weight-Loss Drugs

Novo Nordisk denied reports that the man who fainted was the company’s Global Brand Director Gordon Findlay.
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Man Faints in Oval Office as Trump Admin Announces Price Cuts in Weight-Loss Drugs
President Donald Trump looks on after a man fainted during an announcement about weight-loss drugs in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 6, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Jacki Thrapp
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A man fainted in the Oval Office on Nov. 6 as the Trump administration announced sweeping price cuts to popular GLP-1 weight loss drugs, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, starting in early 2026.

Eli Lilly CEO David A. Ricks was speaking about the deal when an unidentified man behind him, wearing a black suit, white shirt, and gray tie, started to sway back and forth.

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