CHINESE JOURNAL OF DRUG EVALUATION ›› 2023, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (2): 163-166.

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Research Progress of Smeiglutide for Chronic Weight Management in Overweight Population#br#     

  

  1. Department of pharmacy, Binzhou Medical University Hospital, Shandong Binzhou 256603, China
  • Received:2023-01-03 Revised:2023-03-21 Online:2023-04-28 Published:2023-04-28

Abstract: Semaglutide, a kind ofglucagon-like peptide-1(GLP-1)receptor agonist,It was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration(FDA) as a hypoglycemic drug in December 2017, and officially launched in China in August 2021. Semaglutide has been used as a glucose-lowering drug since its marketing, andit was approved by the United States FDA for chronic weight management in June 2021 due to its weight-reducing effect. This article reviews the research progress of semaglutide for chronic weight management in overweight population from the aspects of mechanism of action, efficacy, safety andanalysis of costs.

Key words: font-size:medium, ">Semaglutide; Overweight population;Chronic weight management

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