semaglutide

semaglutide

English

Etymology

From [Term?] +‎ -glutide (“glucagon-like peptide analog”).

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Noun

semaglutide (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A peptide used in the treatment of diabetes and as an antiobesity medication.
   • 2022 April 28, Gina Kolata, “Patients Taking Experimental Obesity Drug Lost More Than 50 Pounds, Maker Claims”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:

     Last year, the situation began to change when Novo Nordisk received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to market semaglutide. The drug can elicit a 15 percent to 17 percent weight loss in people with obesity.

   • 2023 February 23, Jason Halford, “It may be the most effective anti-obesity drug yet – but even Wegovy is no ‘wonder cure’”, in The Guardian‎, ISSN 0261-3077:

     But now a new generation of medications has arrived, based on a better understanding of the biological underpinnings of obesity. […] One of these medications – semaglutide, sold under the brand name Wegovy – will soon be available in UK chemists in the form of a weekly, self-administered injection.

See also

• Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus (brand names)