has received the first heart health approval for overweight or obese adults.
Wegovy is the first weight loss medicine licensed to prevent life-threatening cardiovascular events in individuals
with cardiovascular disease and obesity or overweight," explained FDA diabetes and obesity czar John Sharretts in a news statement.
This patient group has an increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and cardiovascular death.
Providing a proven cardiovascular risk-lowering therapy is a big public health breakthrough."