2025-03-11
Viking Therapeutics closer to bringing its Ozempic competitor to market
Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), the developer of a promising experimental weight-loss drug, has announced a multi-year partnership with CordenPharma, a leading contract manufacturing firm.
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2025-03-07
Wegovy's price cut, Amgen's Ozempic competitor, and Big Pharma's tax cut: Pharma news roundup
Novo Nordisk just cut the price of its weight-loss drug, Wegovy, by more than half for patients who pay without insurance. Amgen (AMGN) announced this week that it has begun two late-stage clinical tr [...]
2025-01-10
Verdiva launches with $410M for weight loss drugs to challenge Ozempic, Wegovy
London-headquartered biotech startup Verdiva has emerged from stealth with a whopping $410mn for a new range of drugs aimed at tackling the obesity epidemic. It’s one of Europe’s largest-ever biot [...]
2025-03-14
An Ozempic successor falls short, Eli Lilly's GLP-1 pill, and senators grill RFK: Pharma news roundup
An Eli Lilly exec said the company’s experimental weight-loss pill could make GLP-1 treatments more accessible worldwide, as it would be easier to manufacture and distribute globally. Three U.S. sen [...]
2025-04-01
Here's how much Ozempic and similar drugs have soared in popularity since 2018
The use of GLP-1 meds — made popular by Ozempic (NVO) — among U.S. adults without diabetes more than tripled between 2018 and 2022, with annual spending surging from $1.6 billion to $5.8 billion.R [...]
2025-05-16
Novo Nordisk's CEO is out after the Ozempic maker's stock dropped 50% in a year
Novo Nordisk (NVO) CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen will step down after eight years at the helm of the Danish pharmaceutical giant responsible for the blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, the company [...]
