Health care industry
Eli Lilly to start late-stage trials on amylin obesity drug after it shows up to 20% weight loss in study
Eli Lilly Biotechnology Center is shown in San Diego, California, March 1, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters Eli Lilly on Thursday said it will start late-stage trials on its experimental amylin obesity drug next month after it showed encouraging results in a mid-stage study. The highest dose of the weekly injection, called eloralintide, helped patients […]
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Healthy Returns: What to know about Pfizer and Novo Nordisk’s bidding war over obesity biotech Metsera
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. Pfizer and Novo Nordisk are in a takeover clash over the obesity biotech Metsera, with both pharmaceutical giants raising their bids for the startup as of Monday. […]
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Metsera says Novo Nordisk’s new bid for obesity drugmaker is ‘superior’ to revised Pfizer offer
The logos of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, maker of the blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss treatments Ozempic and Wegovy is seen outside theri building as the company presents the annual report at Novo Nordisk in Bagsvaerd, Denmark, on February 5, 2025. Mads Claus Rasmussen | Afp | Getty Images Metsera on Tuesday said Novo Nordisk‘s new […]
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Pfizer tops estimates, raises profit guidance even as sales fall
Smith Collection | Archive Photos | Getty Images Pfizer on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings and revenue that topped estimates and hiked its full-year profit guidance, as cost cuts helped to outweigh declining sales for the period. The pharmaceutical giant now expects its full-year adjusted profit to come in between $3 and $3.15 per share, up […]
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Pfizer files second lawsuit against Novo Nordisk, Metsera in bidding war over obesity biotech
A Pfizer logo is displayed at a research facility in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, U.S., Sept. 30, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters Pfizer on Monday said it filed a second lawsuit against Novo Nordisk and Metsera, alleging that the Danish drugmaker’s attempt to outbid Pfizer to acquire the obesity biotech is […]
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FDA’s top drug regulator resigns after federal officials investigate ‘serious concerns’
FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seen in Silver Spring, Maryland November 4, 2009. Jason Reed | Reuters The head of the Food and Drug Administration’s drug center abruptly resigned Sunday after federal officials began reviewing “serious concerns about his personal conduct,” according to a government spokesperson. Dr. […]
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Kimberly-Clark to buy Kenvue in $48.7 billion deal
The company logo for Kenvue Inc. Johnson & Johnson’s consumer-health business is displayed during the company’s initial public offering at the New York Stock Exchange on May 4, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Kimberly-Clark said on Monday it will buy Tylenol-maker Kenvue in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $48.7 billion, to create one of […]
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Where the blockbuster weight loss drug market stands today — and what’s coming next
A combination image shows an injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, and boxes of Wegovy, made by Novo Nordisk. Hollie Adams | Reuters The appetite for blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drugs is far from satisfied. From fresh competition to new uses, the market is quickly vaulting into a new stage of […]
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‘Trump effect’ raises hopes for cannabis rally as investors bet on federal reforms, softer marijuana stance
Oils containing CBD (Cannabidiol). Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt | AFP | Getty Images Cannabis stocks could be poised for a rally after years of stagnation, fueled by investor optimism over the possibility for new federal rules for hemp-derived products and signals that President Donald Trump could take a more permissive stance on marijuana. Publicly traded […]
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Pfizer sues Metsera, Novo Nordisk over rival obesity drug bid
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Pfizer said on Friday it had filed a lawsuit against Metsera and Novo Nordisk saying Metsera breached its merger agreement obligations in declaring the Danish drugmaker’s $8.5 billion bid for the U.S. obesity drug developer to be a superior offer. Pfizer asked the Delaware court where it filed the lawsuit to issue a temporary restraining order to […]
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