Is Liraglutide legal in the US?
Yes, FDA approved for type 2 diabetes and for long-term weight management.
AStrong human evidenceFDA approvedas of 2026-10-27
Approved. Liraglutide is sold as Victoza (approved 2010) for type 2 diabetes in adults and children aged 10 and older and to reduce major cardiovascular events in adults with type 2 diabetes and heart disease, and as Saxenda (approved 2014) for chronic weight management in adults and adolescents aged 12 and older. Generic liraglutide for both indications has been approved since December 2024 and August 2025. 125
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Citations
- FDA 2025: Victoza (liraglutide) prescribing information accessdata.fda.gov
- Drugs.com: Liraglutide monograph and generic availability drugs.com
- 2025, Pharmacological Research: Review of liraglutide development and pharmacology sciencedirect.com
- Marso 2016, NEJM: Liraglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes (LEADER) doi.org
- FDA 2025: Saxenda (liraglutide) prescribing information accessdata.fda.gov
- Pi-Sunyer 2015, NEJM: A randomized controlled trial of liraglutide for weight management (SCALE) doi.org
- Caballero-Corbalán 2026, Diabetes Obes Metab: liraglutide and beta-cell function in long-standing type 1 diabetes, blinded randomized trial pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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