Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. The launch this week of an oral pill version of Wegovy ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved Wegovy pill will be here before you'd think. Fresh off winning approval from the FDA in December, Wegovy manufacturer Novo Nordisk says it will have the ...

The FDA has approved a pill form of the popular GLP-1 weight-loss medication George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the pill form of Wegovy, the weight-loss ...

Weight-loss pills that harness the same mechanism as the wildly popular drugs Wegovy and Ozempic are coming to the U.S. On Monday Novo Nordisk announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

After ushering in a new era of obesity treatment with its GLP-1 medicine Wegovy earlier in the decade, Novo Nordisk is making history again with the first FDA approval of a GLP-1 pill for weight loss.

Cindy Eckert speaks onstage on May 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, Calif. Senior Correspondent On Dec. 15, Sprout Pharmaceuticals received approval to use its pill, Addyi (flibanserin), to treat low sexual ...

Dealing with your daily medication schedule can feel like a lot to manage when you’re living with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. You may be taking pills or infusions for Alzheimer’s-related symptoms ...

Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly is looking to roll out a daily weight loss pill for patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes. A recent trial showed the drug enabled people with both conditions to ...