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Wegovy for Overweight Young Children: Novo Nordisk’s Obesity Drug Shows Effectiveness

Sep 8, 2026 · 08:30 AM ET· updated 2h ago
Wegovy for Overweight Young Children: Novo Nordisk’s Obesity Drug Shows Effectiveness

Novo Nordisk Phase 3 STEP Young trial shows once-weekly semaglutide reduced BMI in 40.4% of children with obesity after 68 weeks.

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Novo Nordisk's obesity medicine worked better than a fake medicine for overweight kids in a big test. This is good news for the company because it might be able to sell this medicine to more people soon.

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