Higher-Dose Weight-Loss Shots Are Hitting U.S. Shelves

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The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1 • 671 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: Blackstone closes its largest private credit fund amid industry turmoil. And stocks react to President Trump’s latest threats to Iran. Imani Moise hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Jamie Lang and Sophie Haboo have arrived on Disney Plus.
0:04.5	We're having a baby.
0:05.5	We're having a baby.
0:07.2	I've always wanted to be mom.
0:09.4	And we're bringing you on our journey through everything.
0:12.4	I have no idea what we're doing.
0:13.6	Thank you. I have more of an idea.
0:15.6	I think of it like a Tamagocchi.
0:17.8	At the end of all of this...
0:20.0	We're going to have a little baby. Raising Chelsea, a Hulu
0:23.6	original series streaming exclusively on Disney Plus. 18 plus subscription required T's and T supply.
0:33.2	Here's your midday brief for Tuesday, April 7th. I'm Imani-Mau-Ease for the Wall Street Journal.
0:38.7	Higher dose GLP-1s are hitting U.S. shelves today after getting fast-tracked regulatory
0:42.8	approval last month.
0:44.4	Danish drug maker Novo Nordis said the new boosted semi-glutide injections are now available
0:48.9	nationwide through more than 70,000 pharmacies and online.
0:52.6	This version, called Wigovi-HD, contains a 7.2 milligram dose,
0:57.3	which is three times higher than the previous maximum. According to company trial results,
1:02.0	patients without diabetes lost 21% of their body weight over a year and a half, compared to 18%
1:07.8	on the lower dose. Plus, some good news in the world of private credit.
1:11.7	That's something you probably haven't heard in a while.
1:13.8	Blackstone has closed its largest opportunistic credit fund at $10 billion.
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