This website has been produced and funded by Novo Nordisk and is intended for adult patients in

Great Britain who have been prescribed Wegovy®▼ (semaglutide injection). Side effect reporting

information can be found in the footer of this page.

 

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:

  • Data is transferred from Novo Nordisk entity in UK to Novo Nordisk entity outside UK. The transfer is to a Novo Nordisk entity covered by Novo Nordisk’s Binding Corporate Rules, available here.
  • The destination countries are deemed by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to have an adequate level of protection of personal data.
  • We have entered into International Data Transfer Agreement for the Transfer of Personal Data to Third Countries. You can get a copy of the Clauses by contacting us as described in Section 1.

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.

  • You can get an overview of what personal data we have about you;
  • You can get a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format;
  • You can get an update or correction to your personal data;
  • You can have your personal data deleted or destroyed;
  • You can have us stop or limit processing of your personal data;
  • If you have given consent for us to process your personal data, you can withdraw your consent at any time. Your withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out before you withdrew your consent;
  • You can submit a complaint about how we process your personal data to a Data Protection Authority.

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

Our privacy policies

May 2025