A new ‘miracle’ weight-loss drug really works — raising huge questions

Wegovy uses a hormone to regulate hunger. It’s wildly effective, but is it misguided? The drug is the first in a generation that took decades to develop and promises stunning weight loss. But, as Hannah Kuchler reveals, Novo Nordisk, the company behind the drug, faces an uphill battle of persuading doctors to prescribe payers to cover it and tackling age-old misguided assumptions about what causes obesity.