Senators grilled Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Jorgensen at a hearing on Tuesday about the cost of diabetes drug Ozempic and weight loss medication Wegovy, both of which are often prohibitively expensive in the United States despite their life-saving potential.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension committee, led by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, is hearing testimony from Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen on the exhortative prices for their drugs in the U.

Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen is testifying before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension committee on Tuesday.