People who stayed on a 7.2 milligram weekly dose of semaglutide lost around 20% of their body weight over 72 weeks.

Federal officials are targeting the blockbuster drugs as part of their ongoing initiative to lower drug costs.

Novo sells semaglutide as Ozempic and Rybelsus for diabetes and as Wegovy for obesity. In price talks, CMS will treat the different forms as a single product.

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Wegovy, the weight-loss brand of semaglutide, has a recommended maintenance dose of 2.4 mg. Novo ran the Phase III STEP UP ...

Novo Nordisk said that patients taking a higher dose of its blockbuster Wegovy obesity shot lost more weight than those on a lower dose without experiencing an increase in side-effects, according to a ...