Wegovy weight-loss pills to be available for patients in UK to buy
by Anna Bawden Health and social affairs corresponden from World news | The Guardian on (#7687K)
Regulator approval means patients who meet criteria will be able to purchase tablets with private prescription
Patients in the UK will soon be able to buy the Wegovy weight-loss pill, the medicines regulator announced on Thursday.
It is the first GLP-1 receptor agonist tablet for weight-loss to be approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), making the UK the third country to authorise the pills, behind the US and the United Arab Emirates.
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