{"id":2788,"date":"2025-12-23T08:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whmnews.ir\/En\/?p=2788"},"modified":"2025-12-23T08:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:34:07","slug":"novo-nordisk-wins-us-approval-for-weight-loss-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whmnews.ir\/En\/index.php\/2025\/12\/23\/novo-nordisk-wins-us-approval-for-weight-loss-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"Novo Nordisk wins US approval for weight-loss pill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Novo Nordisk wins US approval for weight-loss pill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Novo Nordisk&#8217;s weight-loss pill on Monday, giving \u200bthe Danish drugmaker a leg up in the race \u200cto market a potent oral medication for shedding pounds as it looks \u200cto regain lost ground from rival Eli Lilly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pill is 25 milligrams of semaglutide, the same active ingredient in injectable Wegovy and Ozempic, and will be sold under the brand name \u2060Wegovy. Novo already \u200csells an oral semaglutide for type 2 diabetes, Rybelsus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The approval could help spur a turnaround for \u200dNovo after a rocky year of sliding shares, profit warnings and slowing sales of its injectable Wegovy amid intense competition from Lilly \u200band pressure from compounded versions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A 64-week, late-stage study showed participants \u200cwho took 25 mg of oral semaglutide once daily lost an average of 16.6% of their body weight, compared with 2.7% for those on a placebo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pill was approved for chronic weight management in adults with obesity or overweight \u2060and at least one related health \u200bcondition, broadening the potential patient pool \u200bat a time when insurers, employers and governments are wrestling with spiraling healthcare costs related to obesity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It \u200dcould help \u2060open the door to tens of millions of untapped patients in a global market, forecast to be worth some $150 \u2060billion a year by next decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novo Nordisk wins US approval for weight-loss pill The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Novo Nordisk&#8217;s weight-loss pill on Monday, giving \u200bthe Danish drugmaker a leg up in the race \u200cto market a potent oral medication for shedding pounds as it looks \u200cto regain lost ground from rival Eli Lilly. 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