As a precautionary measure, it has updated the product warnings for Mounjaro to include further advice for patients using oral contraceptives to switch to a non-oral contraceptive or add a barrier method of contraception for four weeks after first taking the medicine and for four weeks after each increase in the dose
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For semaglutide, the relevant secondary patents include: Formulation patents covering the specific inactive ingredients, pH buffers, and stabilizers that keep semaglutide stable in solution (US 9,714,283, expires 2033) Method-of-use patents covering specific dosing schedules and titration protocols (US 10,195,214, expires 2032) Delivery device patents for the pen injector mechanism used in Ozempic and Wegovy (separate patent family, expires 2029-2031) Oral formulation patents for the SNAC (salcaprozate sodium) absorption enhancer used in Rybelsus tablets (US 9,931,349, expires 2032) The expiration date that matters to you depends on which formulation you care about
A study at Penn Medicine, funded by Novo Nordisk, found that participants taking semaglutide lost an average of 16% of their starting weight and more than one-third lost 20% or more of their baseline weight during the 68-week study