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Pfizer Inc. will buy Matsera Inc. for $7.3 billion to eye at least four experimental drugs in the rapidly growing obesity market after it scrapped development of its own weight-loss pill in April this year.
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Pfizer to buy Matsera Inc. for $7.3 billion, eyes 4 anti-obesity drugs

Pfizer Inc. will buy Matsera Inc. for $7.3 billion to eye at least four experimental drugs in the rapidly growing obesity market after.

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Swiss healthcare multinational F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG will acquire US-based 89bio Inc. for a deal worth up to $3.5 billion to expand its metabolic disease portfolio.
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Roche to buy 89bio Inc for $3.5 billion to expand metabolic disease portfolio

Swiss healthcare multinational F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG will acquire US-based 89bio Inc. for a deal worth up to $3.5 billion to expand its.

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A 15-minute fast walk helped reduce mortality by 20%, mostly in low-income Black individuals in the US, a study finds.
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A 15-minute brisk walk may cut mortality rate by 20%: Vanderbilt

A 15-minute fast walk helped reduce mortality by 20%, mostly in low-income Black individuals in the US, a study finds.

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Novo Nordisk A/S has sought approval from the European Medicines Agency for a higher dose of its weight-loss drug Wegovy, after trial data showed a third of participants losing 25% of their body weight.
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Novo Nordisk seeks EU nod for higher dose of its weight-loss drug Wegovy

HQ Team July 8, 2025: Novo Nordisk A/S has sought approval from the European Medicines Agency for a higher dose of its weight-loss.

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Novo Nordisk A/S’s data from a clinical trial of a weight-loss medicine, treating overweight and obese adult participants, showed patients lost about 23% of their body weight compared to a dummy group’s 2-3%.
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Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug CagriSema cuts weight by 23%

HQ Team June 22, 2025: Novo Nordisk A/S’s data from a clinical trial of a weight-loss medicine, treating overweight and obese adult participants,.

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Novo Nordisk’s experimental weight loss medicine amycretin helped overweight and obese adults lose up to 24% of their weight in a small study, according to a company statement.
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Novo Nordisk’s amycretin drug helps obese adults lose 24% weight

HQ Team June 21, 2025: Novo Nordisk’s experimental weight loss medicine amycretin helped overweight and obese adults lose up to 24% of their.

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Novo Nordisk’s medicine Wegovy, at a higher dose, resulted in an average weight loss of 21% during trials in people with obesity compared to a dummy drug, the company stated.
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Wegovy’s weight-loss efficacy improves with higher dosage

HQ Team June 21, 2025: Novo Nordisk’s medicine Wegovy, at a higher dose, resulted in an average weight loss of 21% during trials.

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Denmark’s Novo Nordisk will advance its experimental drug amycretin, in both injection and oral forms, into end-stage trials in weight management based on completed clinical studies, according to a company statement.
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Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug to begin end-stage trials in early 2026

HQ Team July 13, 2025: Denmark’s Novo Nordisk A/S will advance its experimental drug amycretin, in both injection and oral forms, into end-stage.

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Denmark’s Novo Nordisk A/S and US-based Deep Apple Therapeutics Inc. signed an $812 million agreement to develop an oral small molecule targeting cardiometabolic diseases, such as obesity.
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Novo Nordisk in $812m pact with Deep Apple for oral small molecule

HQ Team June 11, 2025: Denmark’s Novo Nordisk A/S and US-based Deep Apple Therapeutics Inc. signed an $812 million agreement to develop an.

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Eli Lilly and Company and Sweden’s Camurus AB have signed a $870 million pact to develop incretin products for diabetes and other chronic diseases.
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Lilly, Sweden’s Camurus sign $870 million pact for incretin products

HQ Team June 4, 2025: Eli Lilly and Company and Sweden’s Camurus AB have signed a $870 million pact to develop incretin products.

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