{"id":492483,"date":"2026-02-20T13:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/492483\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:34:15","slug":"weight-loss-megadose-jab-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/492483\/","title":{"rendered":"Weight Loss &#8216;Megadose&#8217; Jab Approved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aiir-c-news-extra__timestamp\">\n                    Thursday, 19 February 2026 10:22\n                <\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6996e5385934a.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Athlone based Novo Nordisk will be producing the higher dose after EMA approval.\n        <\/p>\n<p>Irish doctors will now be able to prescribe a new &#8216;megadose&#8217; of weight loss jab Wegovy.<\/p>\n<p>Regulators are now allowing for a 7.2mg dose, involving three injections taken in one sitting, once a week, according to the Irish Independent.<\/p>\n<p>Athlone based Novo Nordisk is confirming it&#8217;s European Medicines Agency application has been approved.<\/p>\n<p>The pharma group is set to expand its Midlands facility so it can produce a pill version of the popular weight loss drug.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, 19 February 2026 10:22 Athlone based Novo Nordisk will be producing the higher dose after EMA approval.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[64,63,30256,26127,137,30259,30257,2289,30255,490,30253,30254,44,13547,1195,30258],"class_list":["post-492483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-broadcast","tag-broadcasting","tag-health","tag-irish-news","tag-laois","tag-local-news","tag-local-radio","tag-medication","tag-midlands","tag-midlands-103","tag-news","tag-offaly","tag-radio","tag-westmeath"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}