Opens in a new tab or window Patients treated with semaglutide 7.2 mg achieved a 20.7% weight loss after 72 weeks compared with a reduction of 17.5% with semaglutide 2.4 mg (Wegovy) and 2.4% with ...

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.

Opens in a new tab or window The blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drug semaglutide (Ozempic, Rybelsus, Wegovy) along with therapies for asthma, cancers, and various other conditions were among ...

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 ...

Medicare announced Friday that it has selected 15 drugs, including the hugely popular medications Ozempic and Wegovy, used for diabetes and weight loss, as well as some blockbuster cancer ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Popular weight loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been added to Medicare’s list of medications that will be negotiated directly between the government and ...

Ozempic and Wegovy, the blockbuster but costly GLP-1 drugs often used for weight loss, are among the 15 medications that will be subject to the next round of Medicare price negotiations ...

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 ...