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Generic liraglutide

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic liraglutide.Find pharmacies near you 
  2. Ask one or two other pharmacies too. Cash prices for the same generic can differ a lot from store to store.

A regular generic has the same active ingredient as Saxenda, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

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Question
Brand nameSaxenda
Authorized genericliraglutide
Regular genericliraglutide
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Not soldThere isn’t one
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest
Same as Saxenda?
The original
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Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Coverage: Medicare and many other plans cover weight-loss drugs only in some cases. Ask your plan.

Brand nameNo maker’s card

We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Saxenda’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Saxenda’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Saxenda itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. A regular generic is sold, with the same active ingredient: ask the pharmacy for its price.

See the regular generic →

Regular genericMakers and their savings cards

3 companies sell a generic of Saxenda that the FDA rates a substitute. A pharmacy fills whichever one it stocks. One of them has its own savings card, listed first. It works only with that maker’s version. To get a certain maker, ask for it by name; most pharmacies can order it in a day or two.

  • Teva Pharmaceuticals6 mg/mL

    Being phased out; sold until September 2027

    Teva Generics copay savings card (Liraglutide Injection)

    For liraglutide injection 3 mg pen

    With commercial insurance as little as $20 a prescription

    Sign up on tevausa.com

    Or call 1-844-248-7949.

    In the maker’s words

    “Patients may pay as little as $20 out of pocket for Teva’s Liraglutide…”

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    6 mg/mL

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 15 mL0480-7250-46

    Inactive ingredients: phenol, propylene glycol, sodium phosphate, dibasic, dihydrate, water, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide

    FDA label

  • Biocon Pharma6 mg/mL
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    6 mg/mL

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 9 mL70377-095-52
    Carton of 15 mL70377-095-53

    Inactive ingredients: propylene glycol, phenol, water, trisodium citrate dihydrate

    FDA label

  • Cipla6 mg/mL

    Made by Orbicular Pharmaceutical Technologies

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    6 mg/mL

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 9 mL69097-910-68
    Carton of 15 mL69097-910-55

    Inactive ingredients: propylene glycol, phenol, water, sodium phosphate, dibasic, dihydrate

    FDA label

The FDA doesn’t rate Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Meitheal Pharmaceuticals and NorthStar Rx’s versions of liraglutide a substitute for Saxenda, so a pharmacy can’t swap them in without your prescriber’s OK.

Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site, checked November 2, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Saxenda, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand and for a generic?”

Paying cash? Ask for each one’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges for each.

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

SAXENDA is a glucagon like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist indicated in combination with a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity to reduce excess body weight and maintain weight reduction long term in:

  • Adults and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older with body weight greater than 60 kg and obesity.
  • Adults with overweight in the presence of at least one weight-related comorbid condition.

Limitations of Use:

  • Coadministration with other liraglutide-containing products or with any other GLP-1 receptor agonist is not recommended.
    • The safety and effectiveness of SAXENDA in pediatric patients with type 2 diabetes have not been established.

Source: the FDA label for Saxenda (Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Industries, LP), February 25, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

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