Wegovy weight loss pill now available to UK patients—how will it affect doctors?

UK patients can now buy the daily pill version of semaglutide (Wegovy) for weight loss.How can patients get the pill?The pill is available privately for patients to buy from high street pharmacies and online chemists. It is not yet accessible on the NHS as it first needs to be evaluated by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for cost effectiveness.The oral form of semaglutide is the first glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist pill to be approved by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for weight loss and weight management in the UK.1Until now, the drug, manufactured by Danish pharma company Novo Nordisk, has been available only in injectable form in the UK for weight loss. However, oral semaglutide is already approved in the UK for treating type 2 diabetes under the brand name Rybelsus.2The MHRA has authorised the semaglutide tablet to treat adults in the…