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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva  ·  2026-09-18 14:25

As canetas emagrecedoras vão ser oferecidas no SUS!

Now there's more, folks. That little pen he was talking about, it's a magic pen. It's necessary to have an agreement with the cosmetics company because you can't keep remaking the pen by default. It is a medication that emerged to combat diabetes, and is very important for diabetes care. And people also realized that it can help in the fight against obesity. Mr. President, Brazil is currently the country with the greatest diversity of registered generic medications for combating obesity, specifically the so-called "slimming pens." And that brought the price down for the population. What used to cost R$1,700 or R$2,000 is now between R$300 and R$400 at the pharmacy, increasing accessibility. But there's something more; this already helps a lot of people, but we want something else, which is to have this medication included in the SUS (Brazilian public healthcare system) as a right. We're not going to incorporate it into the SUS (Brazilian public healthcare system) as if it were some kind of cosmetic miracle. People who are obese and have heart problems, women who have had breast cancer, and for whom the use of this medication may reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence. People who need medical guidance. We decided to tell the Brazilian people that health is not treated according to people's [music] history , it is not treated according to the cradle they were born into, it is treated according to the severity of the person's need to have access to the necessary medicine. And that is why the SUS (Brazilian Public Health System) is respected throughout the world today.