The new Wegovy pill was just approved in the US—and it’s the first oral GLP-1 for weight management on the market. Trials suggest it’s approximately as effective as the injectable form, and it has ...

Dec. 30, 2025 – updated Jan. 5, 2026 – Injectable GLP-1 drugs have transformed obesity treatment – and now they're going oral. "It's good to have more options for patients with obesity," said Melanie ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved Wegovy pill will be here before you'd think. Fresh off winning approval from the FDA in December, Wegovy manufacturer Novo Nordisk says it will have the ...

The FDA has approved a pill form of the popular GLP-1 weight-loss medication George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the pill form of Wegovy, the weight-loss ...

The FDA approved a pill version of the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide (Wegovy), making it the first oral GLP-1 agent indicated for weight loss, Novo Nordisk announced on Monday. The once-daily 25 ...

The weight-loss drug market just got more crowded — and a lot less painful. The FDA on Monday approved a daily pill version of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, making it the first oral GLP-1 obesity treatment ...

The US Food and Drug Administration approved on Monday a daily pill version of Novo Nordisk’s popular weight-loss drug Wegovy. The move gives patients another option to take medicines in class of ...

U.S. regulators approved the first GLP-1 weight-loss pill—a tablet formulation of Novo Nordisk’s NOVO.B-2.92%decrease; red down pointing triangle Ozempic and Wegovy—ushering in a new era of the ...

People who are squeamish about needles for administering GLP-1 weight-loss drugs will soon have an alternative, as the Food and Drug Administration has approved a pill version of Wegovy that could be ...

The FDA has approved a pill form of the popular injectable obesity drug Wegovy. People on the highest dose dropped about 14 percent of their starting weight after 64 weeks, with a high number of ...

Weight-loss pills that harness the same mechanism as the wildly popular drugs Wegovy and Ozempic are coming to the U.S. On Monday Novo Nordisk announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a pill version of the weight-loss drug Wegovy, according to pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk. It is the first pill of its kind to receive ...