Liraglutide for obesity

Metadata

Coding system
Dictionary of Medicines and Devices
Coding system release
2025 11.1.0
Organisation
OpenSAFELY
Codelist ID
opensafely/liraglutide-for-obesity
Version ID
3ba1a279
Number of codes included
6

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  1. 3ba1a279 Published
    Created: 17 Nov 2025 at 16:06

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Description

This codelist aims to identify the prescribing of liraglutide products which are licenced for the treatment of obesity. This codelist will not reliably detect all liraglutide prescribing for obesity (low sensitivity) - see methodology.

Methodology

Search strategy

Liraglutide AMPs under dm+d category Liraglutide (VTM) 776548002 and Insulin degludec + Liraglutide (VTM) 776341007 were reviewed and considered for inclusion.

Licencing information was interpreted from the relevant Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC). Where these were not available, products were excluded from the codelist since it was not possible to determine details of their licence. Most notably the following cases could not be linked to an SPC:

  • Liraglutide dispensing which was recorded at VMP level under Liraglutide 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled disposable devices (VMP) 15859111000001102. This was a substantial proportion of dispensed liraglutide.
  • Liraglutide AMPs which are described as generics with the manufacturer specified., e.g. Liraglutide 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled disposable devices (Biocon Pharma UK Ltd) (AMP) 44078311000001101. This was a very small proportion of dispensed liraglutide.

Since these cases are excluded, this codelist cannot detect all liraglutide prescribing for obesity and will have low sensitivity.

Inclusion criteria for codes

Codes which:

  • refer to a product that contains liraglutide and,
  • where the product is licensed exclusively for the treatment of obesity.

References

Signed off by

  • Andrew Brown, (Nov. 17, 2025)
  • Chris Wood, (Nov. 18, 2025)

Codelists are developed by a broad community of users for individual study purposes, which may or may not meet the needs of other studies. They should not be thought of as universal definitions of a particular condition.

We don't offer any guarantees about what they do or don't identify. Users should carefully check that any codelist meets their needs, and seek clinical input where appropriate.

* dm+d codelists can be downloaded with codes mapped to changed VMPs included - this is the default for an OpenSAFELY project. See the documentation on keeping codelists up to date for more details.

code term
33747711000001102 Saxenda 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Novo Nordisk Ltd) (AMP)
38379411000001103 Saxenda 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (CST Pharma Ltd) (AMP)
42173511000001100 Saxenda 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Pharmaram Ltd) (AMP)
43193611000001100 Nevolat 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Zentiva Pharma UK Ltd) (AMP)
44021411000001102 Biolide 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Biocon Pharma UK Ltd) (AMP)
45471611000001104 Plaobes 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Cipla EU Ltd) (AMP)

* Note that this is the full list of explicitly included dm+d codes for this codelist. An OpenSAFELY project will by default also include previous or subsequent codes for any included VMPs that may have changed code. See the documentation on keeping codelists up to date for more details.

This page shows the search terms that were used to build the codelist. Concepts that match the search terms, but which were excluded, are in faint grey.

liragl

Included 6 out of 25 matching concepts.

Show matching concepts
  • Biolide 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Biocon Pharma UK Ltd) (AMP) (44021411000001102)
  • Diavic 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Sun Pharma UK Ltd) (AMP) (43802711000001105)
  • Insulin degludec + Liraglutide (VTM) (776341007)
  • Insulin degludec 100units/ml / Liraglutide 3.6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled disposable devices (VMP) (28279611000001109)
  • Liraglutide (VTM) (776548002)
  • Liraglutide 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled disposable devices (Alliance Healthcare (Distribution) Ltd) (AMP) (45394511000001103)
  • Liraglutide 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled disposable devices (Biocon Pharma UK Ltd) (AMP) (44078311000001101)
  • Liraglutide 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled disposable devices (Colorama Pharmaceuticals Ltd) (AMP) (28776011000001103)
  • Liraglutide 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled disposable devices (DE Pharmaceuticals) (AMP) (30928411000001102)
  • Liraglutide 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled disposable devices (J M McGill Ltd) (AMP) (29700111000001107)
  • Liraglutide 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled disposable devices (Niche Pharma Ltd) (AMP) (29854711000001107)
  • Liraglutide 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled disposable devices (VMP) (15859111000001102)
  • Nevolat 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Zentiva Pharma UK Ltd) (AMP) (43193611000001100)
  • Plaobes 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Cipla EU Ltd) (AMP) (45471611000001104)
  • Saxenda 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (CST Pharma Ltd) (AMP) (38379411000001103)
  • Saxenda 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Novo Nordisk Ltd) (AMP) (33747711000001102)
  • Saxenda 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Pharmaram Ltd) (AMP) (42173511000001100)
  • Victoza 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Mawdsley-Brooks & Company Ltd) (AMP) (37512311000001104)
  • Victoza 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Novo Nordisk Ltd) (AMP) (15858611000001101)
  • Victoza 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Originalis B.V.) (AMP) (36904411000001107)
  • Victoza 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Pharmaram Ltd) (AMP) (42597011000001103)
  • Victoza 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Pilsco Ltd) (AMP) (37708911000001104)
  • Victoza 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Waymade Healthcare Plc) (AMP) (28277811000001100)
  • Xultophy 100units/ml / 3.6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Novo Nordisk Ltd) (AMP) (28054311000001106)
  • Zegluxen 6mg/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Zentiva Pharma UK Ltd) (AMP) (43193911000001106)