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Generation two is about making these medications more accessible through pill form and improving efficacy. LaValle adds that this new generation of weight loss medications includes: Stronger or more convenient GLP-1 drugs (the class that includes Ozempic and Wegovy) Multi-agonist drugs that hit more than one hormone target at once Meet the new GLP-1 pills coming soon When people talk about Ozempic 2.0, they usually mean one of two GLP-1 pills: Eli Lillys orforglipron and a pill version of Wegovy from Novo Nordisk

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