PACK CHECK · MARKET FIRST

VictozaGeneric nameliraglutide

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How this medicine works

The DailyMed public label for VICTOZA describes liraglutide as a GLP-1 receptor agonist. It links this mechanism with insulin release when glucose is elevated, glucose-dependent lowering of glucagon and delayed gastric emptying. This explains an action pathway, not an individual's glucose, gastrointestinal response, weight change, suitability, injection setting or combination with another glucose-lowering medicine.

Read source: United States ↗reviewed 2026-08-20More about its action and precautions →

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International brand name
Victoza
Generic name
liraglutide
Dosage-form class
Subcutaneous injection(as listed in the 2010 FDA label archive and 2025-11 DailyMed public label)
Route
Subcutaneous injection
Package-image status
A source-linked public label image is available below

No source-verifiable mainland-China trade-name cue has been established for this record. This does not establish whether the medicine exists, is approved or is available in mainland China. Check pack text and current CDE/NMPA records item by item.

FOR EVERYDAY QUESTIONS

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What this pack is

Victoza is the brand name in this record; liraglutide is the generic name. Read both together with the dosage form (injectable product).

What this page can show

This is a source-traceable public record. It helps you read the product identity and its listed source documents; each market still needs its own current record check.

What to bring to the next conversation

Bring the actual pack, the label or prescription, and a complete medicine list when you speak with a pharmacist or clinician.

PRODUCT PRESENTATION IDENTITY

Strength, pack and device identity

A vial concentration, unit-per-mL value or device marking identifies the exact labelled product. It does not calculate an individual's amount, timing, administration, missed-use action, combination or switch.

18 mg/3 mL is the total content of one pen and 6 mg/mL is its concentration. The labelled 0.6, 1.2 and 1.8 mg selectable settings are not a web recommendation for an individual's injection, escalation or switch; needles are not included.

2 source-backed strength, pack or device records — open the full list

First match the market, dosage form and labelled amount on the pack in hand. The number of tablets, sachets or devices in a pack is not a personal dose or schedule.

United States label · DailyMed SPL v31 (published 17 Nov 2025)

18 mg/3 mL total per pen (6 mg/mL); labelled selectable settings are 0.6, 1.2 or 1.8 mg; 2 pens per carton

Exact display panel in the cited public label · select to enlarge
Product code
NDC 0169-4060-12
Form and route
VICTOZA liraglutide single-patient-use prefilled pen · subcutaneous injection (label product-identity field)
Container
single-patient-use multidose prefilled pen; needles not included · 3 mL
Units in each inner container
18 mg total per penPackage identity only; not an individual amount to take
Listing review
Current label display and NDC Directory listing reviewed 2026-08-28; actual marketing, stock and availability are not established.
liraglutide (total per pen)
18 mgtotal in each prefilled pen; not an individual's one-time injection amount
liraglutide (concentration)
6 mg/mLlabelled concentration; not an individual's injection volume
Package
2 × prefilled pens per carton; needles not included
Open the presentation source ↗reviewed 2026-08-20

United States label · DailyMed SPL v31 (published 17 Nov 2025)

18 mg/3 mL total per pen (6 mg/mL); labelled selectable settings are 0.6, 1.2 or 1.8 mg; 3 pens per carton

Exact display panel in the cited public label · select to enlarge
Product code
NDC 0169-4060-13
Form and route
VICTOZA liraglutide single-patient-use prefilled pen · subcutaneous injection (label product-identity field)
Container
single-patient-use multidose prefilled pen; needles not included · 3 mL
Units in each inner container
18 mg total per penPackage identity only; not an individual amount to take
Listing review
Current label display and NDC Directory listing reviewed 2026-08-28; actual marketing, stock and availability are not established.
liraglutide (total per pen)
18 mgtotal in each prefilled pen; not an individual's one-time injection amount
liraglutide (concentration)
6 mg/mLlabelled concentration; not an individual's injection volume
Package
3 × prefilled pens per carton; needles not included
Open the presentation source ↗reviewed 2026-08-20

PUBLIC LABEL IMAGE

Appearance and package-text clues

United States · public label archive · historical package/label image · 2025-11Select the image to enlarge; press Escape to close

This dated or historical public-label image is for checking the brand, generic-name, strength and dosage-form clues only. It does not authenticate a product or establish originator status, a current label, current packaging, target-market approval or sale eligibility.

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LABEL READING · NOT A PRESCRIPTION

VICTOZA label reading: 6 mg/mL is a concentration, not an individual one-time amount

Reading level: drug-specific label reading. This record has been expanded around its dosage form or a higher-risk reading question; the current target-market label and professional review still apply.

This module uses the public DailyMed label as a reading entry point. It helps distinguish the meanings of 18 mg/3 mL, 6 mg/mL and dose-setting wording on a VICTOZA prefilled pen; it does not guide individual injection, dose change, missed-dose management or a switch with another injectable product.

  • “18 mg/3 mL” describes the stated total medicine amount and liquid volume in the prefilled pen; “6 mg/mL” describes concentration. Neither answers how much someone should inject today or whether another injection pen can be treated as the same.
  • The label’s 0.6 mg, 1.2 mg and 1.8 mg are dose settings stated for that exact device, not rules a reader may use to independently start, increase, reduce or interchange with another GLP-1 product from a webpage.
  • A prefilled pen is a single-patient-use device. Appearance, needles, injection site, storage and whether it can be used with another injectable product all require the current instructions, prescription and professional guidance for the exact product.
  • If insulin or other glucose-lowering medicines are also used, persistent gastrointestinal symptoms occur, or an injectable-product change is being considered, bring every medicine and the actual package to a pharmacist or prescribing team; do not self-convert from a photo or total milligrams.
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PHARMACOVIGILANCE · OFFICIAL ROUTES

Check safety information in the right market

Start with the public label or product record linked to this dossier, then use the official safety routes below for the market that applies to the medicine in hand.

Match five details before using a safety record

  1. Brand and generic nameBoth must match the medicine named by the record.
  2. Dosage form and strengthTablet, capsule, injection, inhaler, patch and eye drop are not interchangeable.
  3. Market and notice dateA record applies only to the country or region and date it names.
  4. Lot, pack and manufacturerRecord these only when the official notice specifically names them.
  5. Current product informationA historical record may have been superseded by the current label.

This checklist only helps organise the right question. It does not create a personal conclusion about stopping, switching, dose, combination or suitability.

This dossier’s product-level source checkU.S. National Library of Medicine DailyMed · United States · Public medicine label · 2026-08-20

This dossier’s publicly accessible product-level route has been checked individually. It does not mean that real-time alerts in every country or region have been searched, or that the medicine has or does not have a current risk.

Markets actually represented by the reviewed product documents
  • United States · 2

This is a document-coverage summary, not a claim that the medicine is authorised, supplied, interchangeable or actively monitored in every listed market today.

This record’s label or product-record routeDailyMed (NLM): VICTOZA public label (2025-11) ↗reviewed 2026-08-20

Other official market or version documents for this record

These are separately reviewed product documents for the same dossier. Their market, date, dosage form and document status must stay attached to each link; they do not establish interchangeability between products, strengths, packs, indications or countries.

No dated, product-scoped official safety record is currently listed in this directory

This is not a conclusion that the medicine has no risk, warning, recall or newer notice in another market. Start with the checked product-level label above, then use the official market gateways below for the product in hand.

See the reviewed safety-record directory →

Global official safety gateways

  • NMPA Centre for Drug Reevaluation · Mainland ChinaPrimary NMPA Drug Evaluation Centre gateway for drug-vigilance bulletins, safety notices and adverse-reaction monitoring. Exact products still require checking approval number, dosage form, strength, authorisation holder and notice date item by item.Drug-vigilance bulletins and safety notices ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
  • FDA · United StatesPrimary FDA pages for important new safety issues, labelling changes and risk communications.Drug Safety Communications ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
  • FDA MedWatch · United StatesU.S. MedWatch safety-information and reporting gateway; a report does not itself establish causality.Safety information and serious-problem reporting ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
  • EMA · European Union / European Economic AreaOfficial EU gateway for pharmacovigilance, suspected adverse-reaction reports and PRAC safety assessment.Pharmacovigilance overview and EudraVigilance ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
  • MHRA · United KingdomPrimary UK MHRA medicine-safety updates for professionals and the public.Drug Safety Update ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
  • PMDA · JapanPMDA’s English official safety gateway; exact products still require checking against the Japanese product page and current documents.Medicine safety information ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
  • MFDS · Republic of KoreaMFDS’s primary index for medicine safety letters in the Republic of Korea. The original notices are in Korean and must be read against the named product, dosage form, market and date; they do not automatically apply in another market or decide an individual case.Medicine safety letters ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
  • HSA · SingaporeHSA’s public Singapore gateway for suspected adverse-event reporting and medicine-safety information. A report does not itself establish individual causality; exact products still require checking Singapore registration status, dosage form, strength, date and current product information.Adverse-event reporting and medicine-safety information ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
  • Health Canada · CanadaHealth Canada’s public MedEffect gateway for medicine and health-product advisories, warnings, recalls, reporting and safety information. Exact products still require checking market, dosage form, strength, notice date and lot item by item.MedEffect Canada: advisories, warnings and recalls ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
  • TGA · AustraliaPrimary Australian TGA safety alerts, advisories and monitoring information for therapeutic products.Medicine safety alerts ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
  • Swissmedic · SwitzerlandOfficial Swissmedic gateway for pharmacovigilance, signal assessment and suspected adverse-reaction reporting; a report or signal does not itself confirm individual causality.Pharmacovigilance and suspected adverse-reaction reporting ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
  • Medsafe · New ZealandNew Zealand Medsafe gateway for public and professional medicine safety communications and archives; older notices may have been superseded by current product information.Medicine safety communications ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
  • SAHPRA · South AfricaSAHPRA’s safety-information, alerts and pharmacovigilance gateway for the public and professionals in South Africa. An official alert does not itself mean a product is unsafe in every circumstance; exact products still require checking South African registration status, dosage form, strength, notice date and current product information.Medicine safety information, alerts and pharmacovigilance ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
  • WHO · GlobalWHO’s cross-market safety-alert archive; every historical notice must be read against its date, named product and market.Medicine and vaccine safety-alert archive ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
  • Anvisa · BrazilAnvisa’s primary Brazilian pharmacovigilance gateway for alerts, bulletins, risk communication and VigiMed reporting. Exact products still require checking Brazilian authorisation status, dosage form, strength and notice date item by item.Pharmacovigilance, alerts and VigiMed ↗reviewed 2026-08-22

This card brings together the medicine-specific product route and 15 market-level official vigilance gateways. It does not mean real-time alerts for this medicine have been searched in every country or region, or that the medicine has a new alert, recall or risk conclusion. Match brand, generic name, dosage form, strength, market and notice date item by item; do not self-stop, switch, increase or reduce use from a headline.

For severe or rapidly worsening symptoms, suspected overdose, a severe allergic reaction, loss of consciousness or another emergency, use local emergency services. Do not wait for an online alert search or change a medicine from this page.

PRIVATE FAMILY LIST

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PACK · LABEL · MEDICINE LIST

Six checks for this medicine pack

Use this card to organise questions about Victoza (liraglutide). Keep the exact pack, its current label and the full medicine list together.

  1. Identify the exact product

    Victoza is the brand in this record and liraglutide is the active-ingredient name. Check both with the dosage form (Subcutaneous injection(as listed in the 2010 FDA label archive and 2025-11 DailyMed public label)) and the market on the actual pack.

  2. Read the labelled strength in context

    mg/mL, mg per vial or a total volume describes the labelled concentration or pack identity of an injectable product. It is not an individual infusion amount, preparation instruction or schedule.

  3. Check the exact injection presentation

    For an injectable or infusion presentation, verify the route, concentration, container and device in the exact current label. Do not transfer, share, prepare or substitute it from this page.

  4. Put every product on one list

    Include prescriptions, over-the-counter products, eye drops, creams, vitamins, minerals, herbs and supplements. A pharmacist or prescriber needs the whole list before any combination, alternation, switch or stop is considered.

  5. Ask a specific pharmacogenetics question

    Ask which medicine, which gene and what clinical decision a result could change. A gene–drug association does not mean broad genetic testing is needed for everyone and must not be used to change treatment without professional review.

  6. Know when to seek urgent help

    For a severe reaction, fainting, difficulty breathing or sudden worsening symptoms around an injection or infusion, use the local treatment team or emergency service now. Do not wait for a website reply or alter preparation, infusion or another medicine yourself.

This card does not calculate a dose, decide whether medicines can be combined, or replace a clinician or pharmacist. Market-specific current labels and the person's full context still need review.

MARKET DOCUMENTS · READ SEPARATELY

Enlarged market leaflets and regulator documents

Each link retains its own market, date, dosage form and document status. These documents support larger-print reading and item-by-item checking; they do not make products, strengths, packs, indications or use between countries or regions interchangeable.

HOW IT WORKS · NOT A TREATMENT PLAN

How liraglutide works: it activates the GLP-1 receptor

  • “GLP-1” does not make VICTOZA self-combinable, alternatable or convertible by total milligrams with OZEMPIC, WEGOVY, TRULICITY, MOUNJARO, another liraglutide product or any glucose-lowering medicine. Every product's brand, ingredient, device, use, strength and complete medicine list need item-by-item professional review.
  • Gastric-emptying and glucose-regulation mechanisms cannot create rules for self-spacing oral medicines, making up an injection, increasing use or switching pens. When insulin, another glucose medicine or oral medicine is used, or persistent gastrointestinal symptoms occur, bring the complete medicine list and actual packs to a pharmacist or prescribing team for review.
  • “6 mg/mL,” “18 mg/3 mL” and settings on a device are product-identity information; the mechanism does not derive an individual injection amount or prove another pen can substitute. With severe or persistent discomfort, marked symptoms related to low glucose, a different device or uncertainty about a product, use local medical support rather than self-adjust from a webpage.
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SOURCE EVIDENCE REGISTER

Source evidence map

Every public link is labelled with its market, document status and document type. A historical public record is not a current label, and an official lookup entry is not a product-specific record.

SOURCE-TRACEABLE ARCHIVE

Victozaliraglutide

This page links to public primary-source material for Victoza. The archive is historical or documentary evidence only; it does not by itself establish originator status, product quality, current labelling, availability or sale eligibility.

DOCUMENT TIMELINE

Document timeline

  1. Initial U.S. approval year listed in the FDA label

    The FDA label archive linked here lists Initial U.S. Approval: 2010. This historical locator is not a conclusion about current approval, availability, holder or another market.

    FDA: VICTOZA label archive ↗
  2. FDA label archive version

    This page links the 2010 FDA label archive as a traceable reading entry point. Current labeling, strength, indication and safety information require separate verification against the target market’s current document.

    FDA: VICTOZA label archive ↗

MARKET SCOPE

Market-record boundary

United States

Public label archive linked

Only the FDA document listed on this page is linked.

Mainland China, EU, Japan

Market record not established

No local approval, holder, strength, supply or sale-eligibility conclusion is inferred from the U.S. label archive.

How to read this record

Read each document in its stated market, date and dosage-form context. A historical record is not a current label and does not support individual medical, substitution or purchasing conclusions.

Keep international and mainland China records separate

This page has a U.S. public history/regulatory archive but no mainland China record for this specific product. That does not establish whether the medicine exists, is approved or is available in mainland China. Verify product identity, dosage form, strength, holder and the current label item by item.

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RECORD FAQ

Record questions

Does a label archive represent current product information?

Not automatically. The archive locates a source; each point needs verification against the target market’s current official label.

Why are price and originator/generic conclusions not shown?

Those conclusions require separately complete and human-reviewed product, dosage-form, strength, pack, market, date and primary-record fields; one label file is insufficient.

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Evidence status

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