US oral GLP-1 first as Novo Nordisk launches Wegovy pill

The obesity drug’s new formulation gains an important opportunity to define the market before regulators finish assessing Lilly’s rival orforglipron.

Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy (semaglutide) has become the first oral glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist to be available in the US for weight management.