{"id":733613,"date":"2026-08-10T15:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T15:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/733613\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T15:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T15:36:12","slug":"uk-medicines-regulator-approves-new-weight-loss-pill-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/733613\/","title":{"rendered":"UK medicines regulator approves new weight loss pill &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxPa19MUmsxekJNQ3pUUDJwYnN1dnYxU2ExY0JhT2tiLWl4Wkxkb1RKaVJ2bm15ZXB0WmZjTUNCdFJmVVJuWndRZkxvcDk5LU5qZ01qNTJUMWJqYWpoUmdjTW9lQzZhajRIblJQV3ZYTnByWmZjTDluQ3dvQVdvWVBZTjR0ODlyelYwQmI3eGFISTdSMHhWZzdtVXAyR1JkVDhPZmljV1NRYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK medicines regulator approves new weight loss pill<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxPc0sxbUpEVk1Ub0lPM2tIZHYwZUFPWHVUZzBjYWJwZGFsZG8wSUpUMTBSQ0hETzVOVmw0Qzk1T1djajByZUlLZHBEREItUk9wODBiZFJVYnBycHk4VXNPU0JpWGtCcDg2ZW1WQ3RoTnVlUHNiRGJzOGh6RWJPd1hpMVBYSDhMcm10ajZtVlJiMTk0QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New once-daily weight loss pill approved by the UK medicines regulator<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxNUEhmYl8yb05MR0xTM3drRHNfY1FweXJBa1RYN3pvYmZib0JwSXVyWXZTSlNwNXZmSGw5MllUY1pNTXRfYkxnOWZPV1FQY2FTeXlMV1paRW5iLUVCOThPNGlkUkVKSVV3UFpEMHZUMUpHa0tfdDZya0lkSTFMdGxESkFlbHpMZ1NWVWhLMEhUaVV4QkFMUkp1RlNZQVUxMXhzdHNqd2N2NV9pMWlvQnlYeGdmY28tV0hnb0ZGeE9R?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK first in Europe to authorise orforglipron for weight management and type 2 diabetes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;GOV.UK<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxNUmgxQkZWQmxDd2JUN2hSVEdSNTZxY1RScEJ4TjVCTy1tMFJmTnFLLWZvOTU0bkNJWjNIQXFZdWZWeEpxUVROSUs1ZnplNUNqbXYtV1VyQ3dTSUo5NUxZZDdBWGFFU0dFX1Z5RVRTX0JQMGYwNmlPd1FFQm9Va1RmM0ZZa2lFNFVaclQwSzFkN0ctcnQ0UHlJeF8yZi0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New daily fat jab PILL approved in the UK and could be available in weeks &#8211; it&#8217;s the most effective yet<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sun<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxPNGZUUEFXaGh3M2FrQlNiMVNBek9tTElJR3VITmx0MXljVGNnZnZBUmk3WFZzZzluWnBnUVZrNVh2ZzZwc3ZfNnNEcjNLUUxMbVhOT3JGS1VVUEJ6NUdoMXc0TDd1NTQ2OGZNWjlPWS0yTllEWm1ZWUhYQ1RReU95ek1oVFRTRWJBZjQ5c0l4bERleVNfZjhkQ0ZUeXRyOFBxNHJ3OFRhRU1TNXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lilly&#8217;s weight-loss pill gets UK regulator&#8217;s nod<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK medicines regulator approves new weight loss pill&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentNew once-daily weight loss pill approved by the UK medicines&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[102,6591,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-733613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}