This adds another five years of patent protection beyond the main compound patent
In the same way as semaglutide, this drug is administered subcutaneously
For people with obesity who havent succeeded with lifestyle interventions alone, it offers a powerful tool that works through biological mechanisms, not willpower
Additional Benefits Sleep : My sleep quality improved drastically
While telehealth prescribers like Calibrate stress that GLP-1s are part of a more holistic treatment involving diet, exercise and lifestyle change, Mahowald is concerned that these treatments are becoming more of a substitute for a healthy eating plan
The challenge is to get these results into clinical practice, to get the drug used by the people who will benefit from it, who will live longer without dialysis, without heart attacks, without strokes, if they take this drug. Novo Nordisk will need to seek regulatory approval for semaglutide to be used to treat those with chronic kidney disease