Saxenda (liraglutide) is a prescription drug that’s used for weight management. Saxenda’s cost may depend on factors such as whether you have health insurance and the pharmacy you use. Saxenda is used ...

Saxenda (liraglutide) is a prescription-only injectable medication in the same class as Ozempic (semaglutide). However, unlike Ozempic, Saxenda is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

On December 23, 2014, the FDA approved liraglutide, under the name Saxenda, to treat obesity, after having previously approved it under the name Victoza to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). As ...

A new injectable drug, aimed at helping obese and seriously overweight people who have other weight-related health conditions, has proven effective in a new round of testing. The drug, called ...

After Novo Nordisk’s popular obesity medicine Wegovy went into short supply, people turned to the company’s first-generation weight-loss drug, Saxenda, for treatment. Now, the company is struggling to ...

Patients in the U.S. now have access to the first generic GLP-1 treatment approved for weight loss as Teva has launched its copycat of Novo Nordisk’s injected Saxenda (liraglutide). The compound, ...

Saxenda is a brand-name subcutaneous injection that doctors often prescribe to help some people lose weight. You should keep opened Saxenda pens in the refrigerator but dispose of them after 30 days.

More than half of people prescribed weight-loss drugs Saxenda and Wegovy over the past decade ended their treatment too early to realize meaningful health benefits, according to a study by a major U.S ...