Can you get Ozempic on prescription in the UK? This spike in attention is filling the pockets of the medications’ Danish manufacturer Novo Nordisk, who pocketed $3.4bn in 2020 alone, and are projected to make $7.8bn by 2023 – particularly as use of Ozempic in the UK soars.
Indeed, while Ozempic and Rybelsus are currently approved this side of the pond to treat type 2 diabetes, Wegovy has only just been given the go ahead for obesity by The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Doctors hope the latter will be available on the NHS from early 2023.
The drug hit headlines again in February as the Mail on Sunday reported that a self-administered weight loss injection made from the same compound as Ozempic – but called Wegovy – would be sold in high street pharmacy Boots.
The chain already promote Wegovy on their website, as part of their Boots Online Doctor weight loss prescription service.
‘You might have heard of Wegovy, an injection pen weight loss medicine that has been available in the United States since 2021. It has performed well in clinical trials, with patients reported as experiencing significant weight loss,’ the Boots site reads. ‘We expect Wegovy to come to the UK and to Boots Online Doctor in 2023.’