Share on Pinterest The FDA has approved the first GLP-1 pill for weight loss. Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images In December 2025, the U.S. FDA approved an oral pill form of Wegovy for weight loss. Until ...

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NEW YORK — A new pill form of the weight-loss drug Wegovy is now available to people in the United States, giving adults a daily tablet option instead of a weekly injection, health officials and the ...

The daily oral Wegovy pill, manufactured by Novo Nordisk, became available in U.S. pharmacies on Monday, following Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in December 2025. The new oral pill is ...

Americans seeking to lose weight now have a new option – taking Wegovy as a daily pill, rather than a weekly injection. Patients with a prescription could obtain the starter 1.5 mg dose of the tablet ...

Manufacturer Novo Nordisk has partnered with telehealth companies and other weight-loss groups to increase access to the pill, starting at $149 a month Novo Nordisk/FDA The Wegovy pill, which is ...

The Wegovy pill launched Monday, and the starting dose is now available at pharmacies around the country with higher doses arriving by the end of the week. The Food and Drug Administration approved ...

A pill form of weight-loss drug Wegovy, manufactured by Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, is now available in the U.S., giving Americans access to an oral medication to treat obesity. The starting dose ...

Americans can now purchase a starter dose of Novo Nordisk’s weight loss drug Wegovy in pill form, the company announced Monday, pledging widespread availability. The 1.5 milligram starter dose of a ...

Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk is launching its once-daily Wegovy pill in the United States on Monday, offering 1.5 milligram and 4 mg doses at $149 per month for self-paying patients in an intensely ...

Weight-loss drug Wegovy is now available in the form of a pill in the United States, the Scandinavian drug-maker Novo Nordisk announced on Monday, Jan. 5. The first-of-its kind pill offers 1.5 and 4 ...

Novo Nordisk’s NOVO.B-0.23%decrease; red down pointing triangle Wegovy weight-loss pill is now broadly available across the U.S., two weeks after it received U.S. regulatory approval, the Danish ...