The maker of Ozempic is cutting the price of the drug nearly in half for some patients. Novo Nordisk had already cut the price of Wegovy, a medication with the same active ingredient that's approved for weight loss.

Know about Ozempic Vulva, a lesser-known side effect of popular weight-loss drugs, and what women need to know for safe and informed weight management.

(CNN) - Patients in the United States can now get the popular diabetes and weight loss drug Ozempic for half the price. Novo Nordisk, the maker of the GLP-1 drug Ozempic, announced Monday that U.S. patients can now get a month’s supply for just under $500. It typically carries a list price of around $1,000 a month.

Reports are emerging of women experiencing changes in their genital area, dubbed 'Ozempic vulva,' linked to rapid weight loss from drugs like Ozempic.

They can occur whenever someone loses a significant amount of weight over a short period of time. Like “Ozempic face,” “Ozempic vulva” refers to changes in appearance. Some women report labial wrinkling and sagging after losing weight with the help of weight loss drugs,

After ‘Ozempic face’ and ‘Ozempic hands’, a new term is making rounds on social media — ‘Ozempic vulva’. The phrase is not a medical diagnosis but a label coined by women who claim they noticed unexpected changes in their genital area after taking

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer With anti-obesity medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound exploding in popularity in recent years, there’s no shortage of chatter about surprising side effects, such as “Ozempic face” and “Ozempic butt.

The Food and Drug Administration approved the weight loss drug Wegovy to treat an increasingly prevalent liver disease on Friday. Roughly 15 million people — six percent of adults in the United States — have metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, known as MASH. Rates of the disease are rising.

The weight loss injectable Ozempic has faced several lawsuits in 2025 from people who had a negative experience with the semaglutide.