It’s liraglutide, which has been available to treat diabetes in the U.S. since 2009. It’s sold as Victoza. Click for my brief review of the drug class for diabetics. The weight-loss preparation will be sold in the U.S. as Saxenda and it’s a higher dose than is used for just diabetes.
Click for the CBS News report on Saxenda. A snippet:
One clinical trial that involved patients without diabetes found that patients taking Saxenda had an average weight loss of 4.5 percent after one year. Of the people treated with the drug, 62 percent lost at least 5 percent of their body weight. Meanwhile, only 34 percent of those given an inactive placebo had the same result.
Another clinical trial that included patients with type 2 diabetes found that patients had an average weight loss of almost 4 percent after one year. Of those given Saxenda, 49 percent lost at least 5 percent of their body weight, compared to 16 percent of those who were given a placebo treatment.
Click for the FDA’s press release.
Oh, by the way. You have to inject it daily under the skin (subcutaneous). And if you were hoping for a shortcut to weight loss, this ain’t it. You’re still supposed to follow a reduced-calorie diet and exercise regularly.
I’d try the Low-Carb Mediterranean Diet first if I had diabetes.
Diabetic Mediterranean Diet 
my girlfriend was going to have the gastric Surgry but i talked her into trying your KMD it has been 14 weeks and she just got back from her doctor who said it was the best Christmas gift she could get. That Chris was a science in the working on the program. All blood work was normal and both fats went down 65% (she had been on medication) her feet were no longer swollen and she lost 20 pounds. Not hungry or sneaking food. Thanks Doctor.
Thanks for that good news, mary. I hope your girlfriend can stick with the program.
-Steve