This website has been developed by Novo Nordisk for adult and adolescent patients (and their carer) based in Great Britain (GB [England, Scotland and Wales]) who have been prescribed Wegovy® ▼ (semaglutide injection).
This Cookie Policy applies only to this website and describes how and why we use cookies.
1.1 A cookie is a text file that is placed by the server of a website in the browser of your computer or on your mobile device when you visit the website.
The cookie contains a unique code that allows Novo Nordisk to recognise your browser during your visit to our website (called a “session” cookie), or later at repeated visits (called “persistent” cookie).
Each cookie is unique to your web browser. Cookies may be placed by the server of the website you are visiting or by partners that cooperate with the website, so called “third party cookies”.
Cookies generally make the interaction between the user and the website easier and faster and help the user to navigate between the different parts of a website. Cookies may also be used to make the content of the website more relevant for the visitor and to adapt it to his personal tastes and needs.
2.1 The owner of www.wegovy.co.uk is:
Novo Nordisk Limited
3 City Place, Beehive Ring Road
Gatwick, West Sussex
RH6 0PA
Registration number 1118740
On www.wegovy.co.uk Novo Nordisk uses only strictly necessary cookies.
2.2 Necessary cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in this website. They are usually only set in response to a request made by you, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling out forms. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
3.1 We may use third party cookies, which are cookies that are placed in the user’s browser by a third party that is not Novo Nordisk.
3.2 The data, which is collected using third party cookies will not be available to Novo Nordisk but will only be collected and used by the third party for their own purposes. As a result, when you visit a Novo Nordisk website with content embedded from other websites, you may be presented with cookies from these websites. Novo Nordisk does not control the dissemination of these cookies. You should check the relevant third party website for more information about their use of cookies.
Novo Nordisk uses the cookies that are described in detail on www.wegovy.co.uk in the cookies banner. In the cookie banner you can find information about the cookie name, who is setting the cookie, a description of the cookies and when the cookie expires.
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You may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information on how to manage cookies on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer as well as more general information about cookies. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.
6.1 When you visit our website, we may automatically collect general information about your computer and its location as well as the website you came from, if applicable. This information cannot be used to identify you as an individual. This information is only used in aggregate form to inform us where our visitors come from, what they look at and act on, and where the most time is spent.
6.1.1 Whenever we ask you for any personally identifiable information that can be used to identify you as an individual, we will ask for your consent and we will always provide an explanation as to why we collect the information, how we collect it, how we store it and how we plan on treating and using it.
6.1.2 We will only collect and store personally identifiable information for the purpose stated during the collecting process. When we finish processing your information for the stated purpose(s), we will erase and destroy it to ensure your privacy.
6.1.3 For each type of cookie used to collect personal data for specified purposes, Novo Nordisk will only process the personal data collected via cookies for the specific purposes for which you have provided your consent in the cookie banner.
6.1.4 All your personal data will be treated in confidence and will only be used in compliance with the purposes stated above.
6.1.5 Novo Nordisk may engage third party service provider and they will have access to and process your personal data and we may transfer personal data to other Novo Nordisk group entities.
6.1.6 If a third party provider transfers your personal data outside the United Kingdom (UK), this will take place based on the UK requirements. We use the following safeguards, as required by law, to protect your personal data in case of such transfers:
6.1.7 According to the data protection rules you have the following rights. To exercise these rights, please contact Novo Nordisk on privacyuk@novonordisk.com.
Under applicable law, there may be limits on these rights depending on the specific circumstances of the processing activity. Contact us as described in Section 1 with questions or requests relating to these rights.
Please learn more about our position on data privacy
May 2025