Drugs behind Ozempic and Wegovy are being repurposed — here are 5 others
Discover - February 16, 2026
“It would have been hard, even five years ago, to predict that a drug that required regular injections, whose [side] effect is nausea and food avoidance, would have become so successful in a variety of areas, from weight loss to therapy for alcohol and drug addiction," said Catherine H. Schein, a professor in the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.