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  • Wegovy prescribed to adolescents for obesity
  • by Son, Hyung Min | translator Alice Kang | Oct 30, 2025 06:09am
Expected to provide broader therapeutic benefit
First once-weekly GLP-1 injection approved for patients aged 12 and up¡¦shows 16% weight reduction
Expected to shift the treatment paradigm amid rising youth obesity in Korea
 ¡ã Novo Nordisk held an event on the 28th at the Courtyard by Marriott Seoul Namdaemun for its obesity treatment drug
Wegovy, which has settled as a leading therapy for adult obesity, has expanded its reach into adolescent obesity.

Following approvals in the US and Europe, Novo Nordisk¡¯s Wegovy can now be prescribed to patients aged 12 and older in Korea. With this, calls from the medical community on earlier intervention for obesity are gaining traction. Experts describe this approval as ¡°not merely an expansion of indication, but an institutional turning point recognizing adolescent obesity as a chronic disease.¡±

Adolexcent obesity moves out of the treatment blind spot

Novo Nordisk held a press conference on the 28th to mark the expanded adolescent indication for its obesity treatment Wegovy (semaglutide 2.4mg),
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