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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Julia Kollewe

Wegovy weight-loss pill goes on sale on UK high street and online pharmacies

Boxes of Wegovy tablets
The Wegovy pill was approved by the UK’s medicines regulator last month. Photograph: Hannah Beier/Reuters

A once-a-day Wegovy weight-loss pill has gone on sale at high street and online pharmacies in the UK, but is not yet available on the NHS.

Thousands of people began receiving their first deliveries of the pill, made by the Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, on Monday. It contains the same active GLP-1 ingredient as the Wegovy jab, semaglutide, and is similarly effective, according to studies.

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