{"id":738513,"date":"2026-08-15T05:24:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T05:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/738513\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T05:24:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T05:24:36","slug":"new-weight-loss-pill-approved-for-use-in-uk-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/738513\/","title":{"rendered":"New weight-loss pill approved for use in UK &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5ZUi1fVG5NSEZOU2VSM2RNVUczc0FUNFltMUo1S2RUQ2xoNm9md19JQzF1T1BycVppb2pXeG9IY1JsbzJKcjVQWjY3cnRzd2YybjRENGd6Z2RnQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New weight-loss pill approved for use in UK<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<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\/CBMiekFVX3lxTFBQbXJ5aEpGZTBQWW15MUlmLUt5ekx6WmRoXzZYNm5BT0hlbnRCdUtXWllLSWoyaVFnejk2eEk4MnRtZEt6YkxSNlp5LUxJNTZjUkxWbFhidU9memo1RWs4UUcyLU5tSDNubWRSTXBUQk9rOF9TRHpDeXZ30gF_QVVfeXFMT1dtOGx6Ty16NXJablUyckRXU1lSNnRhRHFKMFF3MzhSNVlOa1ExaUxUOC12NWZiV1lDZDFnck5qZWlYOWhfTFlRei1OM1F5OWtzMFlranBTY0dfUmlJR3Y2d3pnc2h5VU9rc2pubmtUemppdHNzNnh6NGd2T2tVOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eli Lilly takes weight-loss pill battle global with first Foundayo approval in Europe<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxPNGZUUEFXaGh3M2FrQlNiMVNBek9tTElJR3VITmx0MXljVGNnZnZBUmk3WFZzZzluWnBnUVZrNVh2ZzZwc3ZfNnNEcjNLUUxMbVhOT3JGS1VVUEJ6NUdoMXc0TDd1NTQ2OGZNWjlPWS0yTllEWm1ZWUhYQ1RReU95ek1oVFRTRWJBZjQ5c0l4bERleVNfZjhkQ0ZUeXRyOFBxNHJ3OFRhRU1TNXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eli Lilly&#8217;s weight-loss pill secures first European nod in Britain<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxQdDNmNU1oSnBaWmJpR0xnUExxZ0JqcHcxQlpVYTdFdXRQVXVDMEktc3dmRGlKOU1CTHpSbndCUy1DdmlPbmNuZWMzckFMQTQyOVhraGdybHBwa1RZS3p0dHVlRzc0eEUyRGhuYVJTNk10VUU0MnpUUVk3cVBYSEQ0RUFaVTF4RVBBaTl0VEtzdWFXVW9Oc2pzQmJyR1ZaZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK approves weight-loss pill considered \u2018treatment for life\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New weight-loss pill approved for use in UK&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCUK first in Europe to authorise orforglipron for weight management and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":738514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[102,6591,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-738513","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\/738513","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=738513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}