2024-05-02 14:13:15
The company that already markets Ozempic, a drug to treat diabetes sometimes used to lose weight, will make Wegovy, a treatment for weight management, available in Canada.
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Approved since 2021 by Health Canada, Wegovy will be distributed in Canada starting next Monday to Canadians who meet the requirements to receive it, Novo Nordisk said on Thursday.
“The strong global demand for Wegovy® demonstrates the considerable unmet demand for therapeutic options,” highlighted the Danish company.
The treatment is indicated in addition to a low-calorie diet and an increase in physical activity for people who find themselves obese or overweight if they also have hypertension or diabetes.
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Health Canada has authorized this medication to be taken as a once-a-week treatment.
The arrival of Wegovy on the Canadian market was welcomed by the scientific director of Obesity Canada, Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam, who said he welcomed the expansion of treatment options to support Canadians living with obesity. .
“Obesity is no longer a question of bad will. In fact, it never was, but that was what people said before science [ne] takes up the subject,” declared for his part Dr. Yves Robitaille, specialist in internal medicine at the Center for Metabolic Medicine of Lanaudière and the CISSS of Lanaudière.
“We now know that it is physiological or pathological mechanisms, at different places in the body, which lead to this condition,” he recalled.
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