US EditionNovo Nordisk Debuts Wegovy Weight-Loss Pill in the U.S.
Novo Nordisk's oral Wegovy pill offers a needle-free weight-loss option with average trial weight loss of 14–17% and reduced cash prices starting at $149 per month.
- Novo Nordisk will start rolling out the first-ever GLP-1 pill for weight loss in the U.S. on Monday, the company announced.
- Results showed that people taking Wegovy pill once-daily along with a reduced calorie diet and exercise achieved an average weight loss of about 14% versus 2.4% with placebo.
- The drug's cash prices range from $149 to $299 per month, depending on the dose, and cash-paying patients can pay as little as $25 per month for the treatment.
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From now on, patients in the United States have a more comfortable and accessible alternative: the oral version of Wegovy. This new presentation allows replacing the well-known weekly injection with a daily dosing pill, maintaining the promise of weight loss effectiveness without a puncture. Prescription patients could get the starting dose of 1.5 mg of the pill as of Monday, and the higher doses will be available by the end of the week, accordi…
New weight-loss pill hits U.S. pharmacies: Here’s what it means
NEW YORK — A new pill form of the weight-loss drug Wegovy is now available to people in the United States, giving adults a daily tablet option instead of a weekly injection, health officials and the maker of the medicine said.
Doctor on safety, costs of new Wegovy pill
Dr. Jen Manne Goehler, an obesity specialist at Mass Brigham, says the new Wegovy pill does seem to work as well as the shot, and that total weight loss seems to be about the same. The biggest difference between the two is that the pill has to be taken on an empty stomach with water only. Patients have to wait 30 minutes to eat, drink or take medicine after ingesting the pill.
Novo Nordisk launches weight loss pill in US
Novo Nordisk launched the pill version of its popular GLP-1 weight loss drug Wegovy in the US on Monday, marking a new era in obesity treatment. The debut of the medication, the first of its kind, is set to accelerate a price war, given that it is priced significantly lower than the jab-based versions. The Danish pharmaceutical giant, which also makes Ozempic, had a rough 2025 as it lost ground to American rival Eli Lilly, but it is banking on t…
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