ASDA pharmacy has had more than 7,000 orders for the new Wegovy pill - just hours after it was launched. Faye Breckons, director for healthcare at the supermarket giant, said they have been inundated with more than 13,000 enquires about the weight-loss tablet in two weeks. The semaglutide tablets, produced by Danish healthcare company Novo Nordisk, became the first GLP-1 pill for weight loss to be approved by the UK's medicines regulator last month.