{"id":496347,"date":"2026-06-12T16:48:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/496347\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:48:21","slug":"weight-loss-drug-wegovy-to-be-available-in-pill-form-in-uk-for-first-time-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/496347\/","title":{"rendered":"Weight-loss drug Wegovy to be available in pill form in UK for first time &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBNUkFaRlY2SXhRUHdYZDNBMGpqOHM0SmRyQnNCaVdoLXF2YlF4TjI3ZW9QX1VSaHdKeGVaY1NiMmkxYjJSMFFDMDVHOG44NE9BVTI1WUxIQS1iZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Weight-loss drug Wegovy to be available in pill form in UK for first time<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxPWGNpZnZ0SU0zQXFVTk9LNGVnTzBxaHBaSm5na3Jad3BjbmdJZ3hvMGEwSTdtSHVFWldmd2VGWnRYSWRlOVJsRU9UNXE3WU45VDJadEtPSnBva2xhMWtlUDN2NDNvRDJoTTJ3NVVRdFRwRlh6RXF2dkFMS2dUN1JZVlhEbXotWDFlZ05tMXBNaU1sVGk5c21xQWZWZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wegovy weight-loss pills to be available for patients in UK to buy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxQYnhOV3dvU0c5cDVFUGJlQ3pTX3Fqc0VYRkVmaktMTzBZZVJuYkdRZXBPZ0QtOUpDa2lsODRDZmpmYVNjZVFFdUEybWZpazRZX0dlTU5jYXk1NUUzOGhjcEpBelNzQlpSdGNTMmItbUFNN1N6YjJoaEJXNnVyRERmUzJSamdiUXNJcHNCZjhKV1lxTG1takZQbF9VOGRsTWZWZWVlcmZuMFd5RTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">First tablet version of weight-loss jabs to be available in UK in weeks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxPUXhJUmdrQWItdkQzdEpiNllnakFOU24wOGNIbm1hMHdGZDlwT0ZkRGtpWXpkQ05tREU1VG1LQlNPOTFRN2NxcmloRzQwR25fc1Q4XzhqamZOR1BGM2VNQ1IwVlVGbG90ZFBFMVh1ZUNwMjd5NEZmeXRfNFBvdldPd1RUQlhtbVhhQXRQQUZZcnRDTlFpZUlEbWJHbWd0X1FWdURpZQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily weight-loss pills approved for UK sale<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0AFBVV95cUxPbTlPVVF3enpVbjBfZUVsa0kzbHdENWNLeHBrX3o3LWZCMFE3cmFnS2txN2dpaVJtTGdWZkNGY0lfMjFselRTVXN5Y1FlcElZSFJFWUZRU1hYZ1Y3TmJ1YXVmSlpDckt5ZF8tU1lZMldUbXdMRWVJZndzdXdhZVVVLTZ5emtxcThaQi12OHo1VjZSSWFTS0dEZ05YcklZUmdoMW5hdUNTaXg2dXNDWUhlcEM1QW9zQmRjeGtUXzJldW5XNFZfOGZCLXM3ZzdpVndl?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Race to launch weight-loss pill heats up as Novo wins UK approval<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Weight-loss drug Wegovy to be available in pill form in UK for first time&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCWegovy weight-loss pills to be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[103,61,60,371],"class_list":["post-496347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}