No more needles? A daily pill may work as well as Wegovy shots to treat obesity

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Losing significant amounts of weight may soon be as easy as taking a daily pill.

New research released Sunday shows high-dose oral versions of the medication in the blockbuster drugs Ozepmic and Wegovy may work as well as the popular injections — even in hard-to-treat people with diabetes.

Drugmaker Novo Nordisk said it intends to seek approval for a weight-loss pill in the U.S. later this year.

The company didn’t say how much the new pills would cost or how widely available they’ll be.