The Hims & Hers wellness platform announced Wednesday it will soon offer a generic version of the weight loss drug semaglutide in Canada as Novo Nordisk's patent on its branded version, known as ...

Novo said 44% of people treated with 0.5 mg semaglutide compared with 23% of people treated with 0.75 mg dulaglutide achieved more or equal to 5% body weight loss and 63% of people with 1.0 mg ...

From a baseline HbA1c of 8.0%, the proportion of people achieving the American Diabetes Association target of HbA1c below 7.0% was statistically significantly greater with 14 mg oral semaglutide ...

Wegovy belongs to a group of drugs called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists. It contains the active ingredient semaglutide, which mimics the activity of our brain’s natural GLP-1.

This led to the development of the wave of obesity-fighting drugs that are hotly discussed today: semaglutide, known better by its brand names Wegovy (for weight loss) or Ozempic (for Type 2 ...