Novo Nordisk today announced the launch of Wegovy® pill (semaglutide tablets) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the first country outside the United States to make the Wegovy® pill available to people living with obesity. The launch marks an important step in Novo Nordisk’s ambition to expand
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Novo Nordisk will present the ORION study at the upcoming Obesity Medicine Association’s annual conference in San Diego showing that Wegovy® (semaglutide) tablets 25 mg was associated with significantly greater mean weight loss than orforglipron 36 mg in a population-adjusted indirect treatment comparison. It is important to note that the FDA recently approved orforglipron
The European Commission has approved a new 7.2 mg once‑weekly maintenance dose of Wegovy® (semaglutide injection) for adults living with obesity. This gives doctors another option to help adults who need more weight loss after being on the 2.4 mg dose. The approval is based on a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency’s scientific […]
Today, the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) issued a positive opinion for a higher dose of Wegovy® (semaglutide 7.2 mg), bringing it a step closer to offering individuals with obesity in the EU a new Wegovy® option for even greater weight loss. The new dose of Wegovy® has […]
People taking Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy® experienced reduced food noise and boosted mental well-being
Novo Nordisk today announced results from the US-based INFORM survey of people taking semaglutide for weight management (Wegovy®), at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 2025, Vienna, Austria. The INFORM survey revealed that individuals experienced a substantial drop in food noise after starting Wegovy® treatment, alongside notable improvements in
Novo Nordisk today presented data from the STEER real-world study of evidence gathered from actual patient experiences at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2025 in Madrid, Spain. The STEER study investigated the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) with Wegovy® (semaglutide 2.4 mg) compared with tirzepatide treatment in people with overweight















