Private waiting lists have already soared as Britons scramble to secure the game-changing treatment, which can help people with obesity lose up to 17 per cent of their body weight after 64 weeks.

As exclusively revealed by the Daily Mail last week, the Wegovy Pill - the tablet form of the once-weekly Wegovy injection - has been greenlit by health officials.

A new prescription-only weight loss tablet has been approved for use in the UK for people who are overweight and have a related condition like high blood pressure

Regulator approval means patients who meet criteria such as having obesity will be able to purchase pills with private prescription

Novo Nordisk wins U.K. approval for Wegovy pill, offering adults a daily oral weight-loss option backed by Phase 3 trial data.

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Britain's regulator has approved Novo Nordisk's weight-loss pill, marking the UK's entry as the first European market for this oral obesity treatment.

Health chiefs have given the go-ahead for a tablet form of the weight loss drug to be used in the UK - full details of who can get it, how and when it will be available

Private waiting lists have already soared as Britons scramble to secure the game-changing treatment, which can help people with obesity lose up to 17 per cent of their body weight…

One pharmacy alone says thousands of people have already registered as the pill was made available in UK