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Europe Approves Its First Weight-Loss Pill: Oral Semaglutide Gets the Green Light

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Weight management just got simpler in Europe. The European Commission has approved a once-daily tablet form of semaglutide, the same ingredient found in Ozempic and Wegovy, for adults with obesity or excess weight. It’s the first oral option of its…

Adeeba
July 18, 2026

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AstraZeneca’s Once-Daily Oral GLP-1 Drug Elecoglipron Shows Strong Weight Loss and Diabetes Results, Moves Into Phase III Trials

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A new oral drug from AstraZeneca is heading into large-scale clinical trials. Elecoglipron, a once-daily pill, mimics a natural gut hormone. Researchers are calling its early results clinically meaningful. The drug achieved over 11% average body weight loss in people…

Adeeba
June 9, 2026