In addition to Wegovy, incretin mimetics FDA-approved for chronic weight management include Saxenda (liraglutide), also made by Novo Nordisk, and Zepbound (tirzepatide), produced by Fortune 500 ...

Sold under brand names including Wegovy and Ozempic, semaglutide works by mimicking a gut hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), hence the technical term for it is a GLP-1 receptor agonist.

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After telehealth brand Hims & Hers aired its first Super Bowl commercial Sunday night, competitor Novo Nordisk, which makes competing weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, responded with its own ...

Since its online debut late last month, the one-minute ad pitching the company’s legal knockoff of the weight-loss drug Wegovy has stoked the controversy over the high costs of a new generation ...

An "exciting" new study has found that Semaglutide, the active ingredient of Wegovy and Ozempic, could help people to reduce their alcohol intake. The drugs were originally developed to treat type ...

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The study, completed by scientists at the University of Southern California, confirms anecdotal reports that Ozempic and Wegovy users were getting fewer cravings for alcohol. Scientists at the ...

COPENHAGEN--Novo Nordisk will launch its hugely popular anti-obesity drug Wegovy in Japan on Feb. 22 next year, its first launch in Asia, the company said on Thursday, even as it struggles to keep ...

The first clinical trial of its kind found the weekly jab semaglutide, also known as Ozempic and Wegovy, cuts the amount people drink in one day by about 40% and dramatically reduced the desire ...

Compounded weight-loss medications, such as those promoted in the Hims & Hers commercial, aren’t approved by the Food and Drug Administration.