# Trulicity Philippines: Price and Use · PH Peptides Source: https://www.philippinespeptides.com/guides/trulicity-philippines Updated: 2026-10-01 > Trulicity (dulaglutide) in the Philippines: a verified pharmacy price per pen, its type 2 diabetes indication, and where it sits in the GLP-1 class. On this page - [Snapshot](#snapshot) - [What It Is Registered For](#what) - [Verified PH Pricing](#pricing) - [The Once-Weekly Pen](#pen) - [Where It Sits In The Class](#class) - [Victoza vs Saxenda](#liraglutide) - [Prescription And Sourcing](#sourcing) - [FAQ](#faq) - [Related guides](#related) Guides · Prescription · GLP-1 # Trulicity Philippines: Price and Use Philippines Peptides editorial desk Updated 1 October 2026 10 min read **Molecule** - Dulaglutide **Label indication** - Type 2 diabetes **Pen** - Single-dose, weekly Related - [GLP-1 price tracker](https://www.philippinespeptides.com/prices) - [Saxenda Philippines](https://www.philippinespeptides.com/guides/saxenda-philippines) - [Ozempic price Philippines](https://www.philippinespeptides.com/peptides/semaglutide) Video guide: Saxenda Price in the Philippines (and Trulicity) (2:13) Searching the Saxenda price in the Philippines? Here is what a pen costs, checked in September 2026. Southstar Drug, Watsons and Rose Pharmacy list the Saxenda pen from ₱3,380 to ₱3,383. One caution: the Watsons title says per piece, its description says x3, so that pack is ambiguous. Mercury Drug lists no price online. Saxenda is liraglutide, a daily injection. The listings state no dose count, so there is no price per mg here. FDA Philippines shows BR-1291 only in product information documents, with no active register row. Prescribing belongs with a licensed Philippine physician. Trulicity is dulaglutide, a weekly pen labelled for type 2 diabetes. Southstar Drug lists the 1.5 mg pen at ₱1,766.25. Weekly GLP-1 research vials exist too. Not the same product, and for Saxenda not the same molecule. A research vial is not approved for human use: research only. Our partner and supplier, Primara Labs, lists 15 mg semaglutide at ₱1,990 and tirzepatide at ₱1,890 per vial. The Saxenda pen starts at ₱3,380. Separately, Primara's GLP-1 research vials start at ₱1,890. The pen is a prescription medicine. The vial is for research only. Every vial order includes bacteriostatic water, insulin syringes and alcohol pads. Stock is in Metro Manila: same day before noon on weekdays, J&T to the provinces. Pay by GCash, Maya or InstaPay. If an accredited independent lab reports a vial is not the compound on the label, Primara refunds what you paid, under its 60-day money-back guarantee. Read the full Saxenda guide on Philippines Peptides, then see the weekly vials at Primara Labs and order on WhatsApp. ## Snapshot **1.5MG, 1 PENSouthstar, September 2026** - ₱1,766.25 **PENonce-weekly pen** - Single-dose Caution ### This page is information, not medical advice For the whole class side by side in pesos, see the [GLP-1 price tracker](https://www.philippinespeptides.com/prices). For the general Philippine picture on this drug family, the [GLP-1 Philippines filing](https://www.philippinespeptides.com/guides/glp1-philippines) is the wider frame. Our partner and supplier Research vials: cost per mg | Product | Price | Per mg | | --- | --- | --- | | Primara Labs Semaglutide 15mg research vial15 mg per vial | ₱1,990₱1,216 each in a 10-pack | ₱133₱81 in a 10-pack | | Primara Labs Tirzepatide 15mg research vial15 mg per vial | ₱1,890₱1,155 each in a 10-pack | ₱126₱77 in a 10-pack | Research vials are not approved for human use, are sold for research only, and must be reconstituted. - Stocked in Metro Manila; same-day delivery there for orders before 12 noon - Lab report: Janoshik, batch RETA-4728-A, retatrutide, bacterial endotoxin only; not identity or purity. Key [H2KI86I8GWB4](https://verify.janoshik.com/tests/234146_H2KI86I8GWB4), [batch reports](https://www.primaralabs.com/coa?utm_source=philippinespeptides&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bridge&utm_content=trulicity-philippines) - [60-day money-back guarantee](https://www.primaralabs.com/guarantee?utm_source=philippinespeptides&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bridge&utm_content=trulicity-philippines) - GCash, Maya, QR Ph bank transfer, InstaPay Primara Labs is our partner and supplier. ## What Trulicity Is, And What Its Label Covers Trulicity is Eli Lilly's brand for dulaglutide, a once-weekly GLP-1 receptor agonist delivered by subcutaneous injection from a single-use pre-filled pen. Structurally it is a fusion protein rather than a modified peptide of the semaglutide type, which is part of why its pharmacology differs from its better-known classmates. Trulicity's prescribing information gives type 2 diabetes mellitus as its indication. It carries no weight-management indication, and the Southstar Drug product page read on 23 September 2026 marks it prescription required. **So use for weight alone is off-label.** What that means is that the regulator has not evaluated dulaglutide for weight management, the manufacturer cannot promote it for weight management, and responsibility for the decision sits with the prescriber rather than with a label. Within the same family, [Wegovy](https://www.philippinespeptides.com/guides/wegovy-price-philippines) and [Saxenda](https://www.philippinespeptides.com/guides/saxenda-philippines) are the products whose labels carry a weight-management indication. ## Verified Philippine Pricing This is a live Philippine retail listing read on 23 September 2026, not a converted overseas figure and not a clinic quote. It is prescription required. Trulicity dulaglutide, Philippine retail listing, checked 23 September 2026 | Retailer | Presentation | Listed price | | --- | --- | --- | | Southstar Drug | 1.5mg / 0.5mL, 1 pre-filled pen | ₱1,766.25 | Earlier versions of this page quoted MedsGo single-pen and box-of-four prices from August 2026. They could not be re-read on the latest check, so they are not shown. Current branded GLP-1 prices by pharmacy are in the [GLP-1 price tracker](https://www.philippinespeptides.com/prices). Note ### One pen, one dose ## The Once-Weekly Pen Format is the one place dulaglutide stands out in its class. Trulicity comes as a single-use pre-filled pen containing one weekly dose. There is no dial, no dose counter and no needle to attach in the usual sense, because the needle sits hidden inside the device. Once it has been used, the pen is finished and discarded. That is a simpler device than a multi-dose dialled pen. It also changes how prices compare. The Philippine Ozempic 1 mg label states that one pen contains four 1 mg doses, so its headline price covers several doses. A Trulicity pen covers one. Putting a Trulicity pen price next to an Ozempic pen price compares different units. Storage is the ordinary cold-chain story for this class: refrigerated, protected from light, not frozen, with a limited room-temperature window on the label. Courier handling outside the pharmacy chain is the real risk to that cold chain. ## Where Dulaglutide Sits In The GLP-1 Class For weight, the clearest evidence on dulaglutide against semaglutide is a head to head trial rather than forum opinion. SUSTAIN 7, a phase 3b trial in adults with type 2 diabetes over 40 weeks, compared once-weekly semaglutide against once-weekly dulaglutide at two dose pairings: semaglutide 0.5 mg against dulaglutide 0.75 mg, and semaglutide 1.0 mg against dulaglutide 1.5 mg. Semaglutide produced the larger mean body weight reduction at both pairings. Gastrointestinal adverse events were the most commonly reported in both drugs' arms. Tirzepatide acts at both GIP and GLP-1 receptors and has its own trial programme. The Philippine detail sits in the [semaglutide filing](https://www.philippinespeptides.com/peptides/semaglutide) and the [tirzepatide filing](https://www.philippinespeptides.com/guides/tirzepatide-philippines-2026), with the direct head to head in [tirzepatide vs semaglutide](https://www.philippinespeptides.com/guides/tirzepatide-vs-semaglutide). Caution ### A smaller weight effect is not a bad drug ## Victoza and Saxenda: One Molecule, Two Labels A short note that belongs here because it is the same off-label structure in a clearer form. Victoza and Saxenda are both liraglutide. Same active molecule, same 6mg per mL pre-filled pen, same once-daily use. What separates them is the label: Victoza's indication is type 2 diabetes and Saxenda's is weight management, with different label dose ranges. Two labels, two indications, two prices, one molecule. Liraglutide in the Philippines, two products | | Victoza | Saxenda | | --- | --- | --- | | Molecule | Liraglutide | Liraglutide | | Concentration | 6mg / mL pre-filled pen | 6mg / mL pre-filled pen | | Label indication | Type 2 diabetes | Weight management | | Indicative PH listing | MedsGo listed a single Victoza pen at ₱3,300 on promotion, 26 August 2026 | See the Saxenda filing | Because the pens look alike and the concentration matches, the two can look interchangeable. They are not: the products carry different labels, different dose ranges and different indications, and a prescription is written against one of them. The [Saxenda Philippines filing](https://www.philippinespeptides.com/guides/saxenda-philippines) covers the weight-management side in full, and there is no separate Victoza page here because there is no separate molecule to write about. ## Prescription Reality And Sourcing Risk Trulicity is prescription only in the Philippines, and the Southstar Drug product page read on 23 September 2026 says so. A prescription from a licensed Philippine physician is the condition of dispensing. Under RA 9711 a drug must be registered with FDA Philippines before it is imported, sold or distributed; the detail is in the [regulation hub](https://www.philippinespeptides.com/legal). Manila Bulletin reported on 13 June 2026 on a counterfeit Ozempic pen sold in the Philippines, and counterfeit pens are covered in the [fake Ozempic filing](https://www.philippinespeptides.com/guides/fake-ozempic-philippines). Beyond the product question, a pen bought outside the pharmacy chain has travelled through a cold chain nobody can account for. Caution ### The enforcement picture is not theoretical This filing is information about a market, not medical advice, not a recommendation to use any medicine, and not a dose. It does not explain how to obtain a prescription medicine without a prescription, and it does not present classified-ad sellers as a route worth using, and prescribing belongs with a licensed Philippine physician. Semaglutide 15mg research vial ₱1,990, Tirzepatide 15mg research vial ₱1,890: from Primara Labs, our partner and supplier, stocked in Metro Manila. Research use only. ## FAQ ### How much does Trulicity cost in the Philippines? Southstar Drug listed the Trulicity 1.5mg pre-filled pen at PHP 1,766.25, read from its product page on 23 September 2026. No other Philippine pharmacy price was re-verified on that check. Pharmacy pricing moves, so the figure is a dated anchor. ### Is Trulicity approved for weight loss in the Philippines? No. Trulicity’s prescribing information gives type 2 diabetes mellitus as its indication, and it carries no weight-management indication. Use purely to reduce body weight is outside that label, and the decision sits with the prescribing physician. Prescribing belongs with a licensed Philippine physician. ### Is Trulicity as effective as Ozempic for weight? Not in the head to head trial. SUSTAIN 7, a phase 3b trial in adults with type 2 diabetes over 40 weeks, compared semaglutide 0.5 mg with dulaglutide 0.75 mg and semaglutide 1.0 mg with dulaglutide 1.5 mg, and semaglutide produced the larger mean body weight reduction at both pairings. Gastrointestinal adverse events were the most commonly reported in both drugs’ arms. Dulaglutide is a glucose-lowering medicine first, and its label indication reflects that. ### Is a prescription needed for Trulicity in the Philippines? Yes. The Southstar Drug product page for Trulicity, read on 23 September 2026, marks it prescription required, and a valid prescription from a licensed Philippine physician is the condition of dispensing. Under RA 9711 a drug must be registered with FDA Philippines before it is imported, sold or distributed, and on 13 May 2026 the NBI arrested two people in Tondo, Manila for selling unregistered tirzepatide online. ### What is the difference between Victoza and Saxenda? The molecule is identical. Both are liraglutide, both are once-daily pre-filled pens at 6mg per mL. The difference is the label: Victoza’s indication is type 2 diabetes and Saxenda’s is weight management, with different label dose ranges. Same active ingredient, two products, two prices, and they are not interchangeable just because the pen concentration matches. ### Why do Trulicity and Ozempic pen prices differ so much in the Philippines? Partly because the units differ: a Trulicity pen is a single-dose pen, while the Philippine Ozempic 1 mg label states that one pen contains four 1 mg doses, so per-pen prices are not the same unit. Ozempic has also been under supply pressure: Manila Bulletin reported on 13 June 2026 that Philippine pricing had moved from around PHP 6,200 to above PHP 8,700 a pen, with some listings above PHP 11,000. ## Related guides Related reading - [Prices GLP-1 price tracker 12 min read](https://www.philippinespeptides.com/prices) - [Guide Saxenda Philippines Saxenda (liraglutide) lists at ₱3,380 to ₱3,383 a pen at 3 Philippine pharmacies, checked 23 September 2026. 8 min read](https://www.philippinespeptides.com/guides/saxenda-philippines) - [Compound Ozempic price Philippines Ozempic price in the Philippines, per pen: ₱7,599 to ₱9,280 at 4 pharmacies, checked 23 September 2026. 18 min read](https://www.philippinespeptides.com/peptides/semaglutide) --- Philippines Peptides sells nothing. Primara Labs is our partner and supplier. This is general information, not medical or legal advice.