Novo Nordisk is the first manufacturer to market its drug Wegovy in pill form in the U.S., though Eli Lilly expects approval ...

The Wegovy pill comes in tablet form—and is the first U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)-approved GLP-1 to do so. Its ...

Eli Lilly (the company behind Mounjaro and Zepbound) just announced impressive phase 3 clinical trial results for a new weight loss medication, orforglipron, a GLP-1. Orforglipron is an oral ...

What if treating obesity could be as easy as popping an effective pill? That's a notion that has long fueled hope for many of the more than 40% of Americans who are considered obese — and fueled ...

Researchers have developed the world’s first oral drug to target a form of cholesterol that has previously been untreatable and is largely caused by genetics, making it difficult to control by way of ...

Food and Drug Administration regulators on Tuesday approved a first-of-a-kind drug for a rare form of Lou Gehrig's disease, though they are requiring further research to confirm it truly helps ...

To make it easier for children with asthma to receive care at school, a new study will assess the impact of making the ...