High demand makes Novo Nordisk hit the brakes on Wegovy

Access to the lowest doses of the obesity treatment is temporarily reduced in the US due to ”higher than expected volume growth.”
Photo: Jim Vondruska/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Jim Vondruska/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
by christopher due karlsson, translated by daniel pedersen

Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk is experiencing such high demand for its type 2 diabetes treatment Ozempic and highly sought-after weight-loss therapy Wegovy – both of which are based on the same substance, semaglutide – that access to the latter’s lowest doses will be limited. 

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