WEGOVY

This brand name is authorized in Austria, Canada, Estonia, Spain, France, Croatia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, United States

Active ingredients

The drug WEGOVY contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):

1 Semaglutide UNII 53AXN4NNHX - SEMAGLUTIDE

Semaglutide is a GLP-1 receptor agonist. It acts in the same way as GLP-1 (a hormone produced in the gut) by increasing the amount of insulin that the pancreas releases in response to food. This helps with the control of blood glucose levels. Read about Semaglutide

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title	Information Source	Document Type
WEGOVY Solution for injection	European Medicines Agency (EU)	MPI, EU: SmPC

Medicine classification

This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:

ATC code	Group title	Classification
A10BJ06		A Alimentary tract and metabolism → A10 Drugs used in diabetes → A10B Blood glucose lowering drugs, excl. insulins → A10BJ Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogues
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Authorization and marketing

This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:

Country	Identification scheme	Identifier(s)
Country: CA	Health Products and Food Branch	Identifier(s): 02522551, 02522578, 02522586, 02522594, 02522608
Country: EE	Ravimiamet	Identifier(s): 1873155, 1873166, 1873177, 1873188, 1873199
Country: ES	Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS	Identifier(s): 1211608006, 1211608007, 1211608008, 1211608009, 1211608010
Country: FR	Base de données publique des médicaments	Identifier(s): 61207647, 61829909, 63169946, 64346456, 65183460
Country: IL	מִשְׂרַד הַבְּרִיאוּת	Identifier(s): 9265, 9266, 9267, 9268, 9269
Country: IT	Agenzia del Farmaco	Identifier(s): 049883010, 049883022, 049883034, 049883046, 049883059, 049883061, 049883073, 049883085, 049883097, 049883109, 049883111
Country: JP	医薬品医療機器総合機構	Identifier(s): 24994A6G5024, 24994A6G6020, 24994A6G7027, 24994A6G8023, 24994A6G9020
Country: LT	Valstybinė vaistų kontrolės tarnyba	Identifier(s): 1093943, 1093944, 1093945, 1093946, 1093947
Country: PL	Rejestru Produktów Leczniczych	Identifier(s): 100467565, 100467572, 100467580, 100467597, 100467600
Country: RO	Agenția Națională a Medicamentului și a Dispozitivelor Medicale	Identifier(s): W69044001, W69045001, W69046001, W69047001, W69048001, W69049001, W69050001, W69051001, W69052001, W69053001, W69053002
Country: US	FDA, National Drug Code	Identifier(s): 0169-4501, 0169-4505, 0169-4517, 0169-4524, 0169-4525