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Novo Nordisk AS

  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
    Eli Lilly & Co
    Eli Lilly calls for scrutiny of rival Novo Nordisk’s deal to expand production of weight-loss drug

    US group relies on some of the sites being purchased by competitor to produce its own treatments

    A Zepbound injection pen
  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
    Novo Nordisk strikes $11bn deal to expand production of weight loss drug

    Danish drugmaker to acquire three manufacturing sites as its controlling shareholder buys US company Catalent

    Laboratory technicians handling trays of vials
  • Sunday, 4 February, 2024
    Novo Nordisk ‘surprised’ by high European demand for weight-loss drugs

    Chief executive says customers very willing to pay for Wegovy from their own pockets

    Injection pens and boxes of Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy
  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
    Novo Nordisk shares hit record high as weight-loss drugs power profits

    Danish drugmaker reports better than expected earnings for 2023

    Three injection pens of Wegovy, one lies at an angle on top of two others
  • Tuesday, 23 January, 2024
    Drugs research
    Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly set to face new challenger in weight-loss race

    Danish biotech group Zealand Pharma is developing an alternative obesity treatment to compete with big rivals

    An injection pen of Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy
  • Tuesday, 9 January, 2024
    LexDrugs research
    Obesity drug challengers will struggle to break into plus-sized market

    Huge demand for weight-loss treatments offers rich rewards but the leading pharma groups will not cede ground easily

    Research worker in a lab
  • Thursday, 4 January, 2024
    Novo Nordisk signs deals worth up to $1bn with US biotechs in race for obesity drugs

    Danish manufacturer of Wegovy invests in two start-ups as part of efforts to stay ahead in major new market

    A worker at a Novo Nordisk facility
  • Tuesday, 26 December, 2023
    News in-depth
    How anti-obesity drugs built the world’s largest charitable foundation

    Novo Nordisk Foundation is little known outside Nordic countries but is bigger than Wellcome or Gates

    A close-up image of the injection pens, showing the Ozempic branding label
  • Tuesday, 19 December, 2023
    The Big Read
    FT Person of the Year: Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen of Novo Nordisk

    The Danish company’s drugs for obesity could have a profound impact on healthcare, society and our relationship with food

    Illustration of Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen of Novo Nordisk, along with a double helix, people exercising, research equipment and a tape measure
  • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
    News in-depth
    Novo Nordisk seeks to use obesity drug findings to prevent weight gain

    Pharma group behind blockbuster drug wants to supersize its market impact

    Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, chief scientific adviser at Novo Nordisk, works in the lab
  • Monday, 27 November, 2023
    Novo Nordisk looks at flexible pricing for obesity drug

    Danish pharma group in talks with healthcare providers about innovative models to boost Wegovy take-up

    Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen
  • Saturday, 11 November, 2023
    Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug cuts risk of death by 18%, trial data shows

    Wegovy found to have ‘quite profound’ effect on reducing risk of heart attacks, says pharma group

    A 0.25 mg injection pen of Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy
  • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
    Novo Nordisk warns EU that new rules will push it to expand faster in US

    Drugmakers claim that Brussels’ market exclusivity overhaul will reduce R&D investment

    An employee sits next to a door bearing the logo of Novo Nordisk
  • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
    Novo Nordisk’s sales of weight loss drugs soar

    Danish group has expanded manufacturing capacity but says demand will continue to outstrip supply

    A Wegovy injection pen on top of a box
  • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly hoover up smaller obesity drug groups

    Biotech acquisitions this year intended to cement position as market leaders in weight-loss field

    A Wegovy weight-loss drug injection pen
  • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    EU and UK regulators warn fake diabetes drug found at wholesalers

    It follows surge in popularity of Ozempic, which is often used for weight loss

    Packets of Ozempic, which is sold by Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk
  • Monday, 16 October, 2023
    News in-depthFood & Beverage
    Predictions that weight-loss drugs will dampen appetite hard to swallow for snacks makers

    Analysts anticipate that Ozempic and Wegovy will hurt sales at some groups as patients reduce calorie intake

  • Friday, 13 October, 2023
    Novo Nordisk raises profit guidance as weight-loss drug sales boom

    Danish drugmaker behind Wegovy and Ozempic has become Europe’s biggest company

    A Wegovy injection
  • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
    News in-depthDenmark
    Obesity drugmaker’s expansion raises dominance worries for Denmark

    Soaring sales for Novo Nordisk’s products mean market capitalisation now exceeds country’s GDP

    An Ozempic injection pen
  • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
    Prescriptions surge for Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and similar drugs

    Report shows 300% increase in demand for GLP-1 weight loss and diabetes drugs

    A scientist uses a culture flask and pipette in the cell therapy labs at the Novo Nordiskv research facilities in Malov, Denmark
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, the Novo Nordisk boss who dethroned Europe’s biggest company

    Danish pharma chief is leading the expansion of blockbuster obesity drug that propelled shares to record high

    Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen looks to his left while leaning against a mirrored wall showing his reflection at Novo Nordisk’s Danish headquarters
  • Monday, 4 September, 2023
    Weight-loss drug maker becomes Europe’s most valuable company

    Shares rise after Danish pharma group launches anti-obesity drug Wegovy in UK

    Injector pens for the Wegovy weight loss drug
  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    Novo Nordisk briefly eclipses LVMH as Europe’s most valuable company

    Achievement highlights success of drugmaker on list of companies skewed towards the luxury sector

  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    Chinese drugmakers develop copycat versions of ‘miracle’ weight-loss drug

    Low-cost domestic rivals hope to challenge Novo Nordisk in one of world’s biggest markets for anti-obesity medication

    A Novo Nordisk factory in Tianjin, China
  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    The Big Read
    Weight-loss drugs: will health systems and insurers pay for ‘skinny jabs’?

    A new study bolsters the case that semaglutide is not merely a vanity drug but has a key role to play in treating obesity

    Montage of images. A side view of an overweight woman doing situps, against a backdrop of logos for Novo Nordisk and Wegovy
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