{"id":301141,"date":"2026-02-20T14:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/301141\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:04:10","slug":"weight-loss-megadose-jab-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/301141\/","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\/il\/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":301142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[22122,28794,163,85,37626,46,37623,224,37622,482,37620,37621,43,37624,4179,37625],"class_list":{"0":"post-301141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-broadcast","9":"tag-broadcasting","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-irish-news","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-laois","15":"tag-local-news","16":"tag-local-radio","17":"tag-medication","18":"tag-midlands","19":"tag-midlands-103","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-offaly","22":"tag-radio","23":"tag-westmeath"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}