WEGOVY

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

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 more about Semaglutide

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

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

Medicine classification

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

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