It is a sign that Novo Nordisk's efforts to ramp up the supply of those drugs are starting to pay off, as demand continues to skyrocket in the U.S.

The lowest dose of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug, Wegovy, was listed as available on the U.S. health regulator's website on Wednesday. Several doses of Novo's GLP-1 therapies such as Wegovy and diabetes drug Ozempic,

Semaglutide, the scientific name for Novo’s GLP-1 diabetes drug Ozempic and obesity drug Wegovy, has been on the shortage list for over two years, with different doses being listed in shortage at various times.

Oct 23 (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO) on Tuesday asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban compounding pharmacies from making copycat versions of its popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs, which it said were too complex for those manufacturers to produce safely.

The Danish drug company Novo Nordisk has been sanctioned by the UK pharmaceutical industry regulator over the way it has promoted its weight loss medications semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy) and liraglutide (Saxenda),

Patients taking Novo Nordisk A/S’s Ozempic were at significantly reduced risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, according to new research that adds to the evidence surrounding the drug’s effects in diseases beyond type 2 diabetes and obesity.

A Novo Nordisk production facility in Denmark where semaglutide, the active ingredient in its weight loss and type 2 diabetes medicines Wegovy and Ozempic, are made was cited for several deficiencies during an FDA site inspection in March.