Wegovy Pen: Strengths, Price and How It Differs from the Vial
Wegovy pen: which forms exist, which are FDA approved, and how they differ.
- Active ingredient
- semaglutide
- Manufacturer
- Novo Nordisk
- How it is taken
- Weekly injection or daily pill
- FDA-approved for
- Weight loss, Heart risk, MASH liver disease
Wegovy in brief
Its half-life is about 1 week, so half is gone after 7 d; after five half-lives (35 d), about 3% remains.
In STEP 1 over 68 weeks, the result was 14.9% of body weight, compared with 2.4% on placebo.
In US dollars, monthly prices include list price and self-pay offers; each comes from the maker's price page.
Sources: FDA label (DailyMed), healthsystemtracker.org, prnewswire.com 1 2.