Novo Nordisk has won the race to secure approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the first weight-loss drug to be administered orally. Jules Rimmer is a markets reporter in ...

Novo Nordisk, which has stumbled through a bit of a manufacturing hangover at a former Catalent production site it picked up a year ago, was hit with a warning letter from the FDA last month. The ...

Following FDA rejections, Regeneron and Scholar Rock are turning to other facilities to clear regulatory logjams created by quality problems at an ex-Catalent facility in Indiana. Novo Nordisk, ...

Novo Nordisk is hitting the gas on amycretin development. After posting phase 2 data, the company has decided to run pivotal diabetes trials of an asset that it previously saw primarily as an obesity ...

An oral version of semaglutide, the active ingredient in blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, failed to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in closely watched trials, drugmaker Novo Nordisk ...

GLP-1 weight loss drugs are still far from cheap, but some of the prices keep dropping. Novo Nordisk is now offering people who pay out of pocket a steep discount for select doses of Ozempic and ...

Novo Nordisk is cutting the out-of-pocket prices of its popular weight-loss drug Wegovy and diabetes drug Ozempic for some consumers. Current customers who pay for the drugs out of pocket — without ...

While most enzymatic activity is conducted through chemical binding interactions between molecules, in some cases, the mere presence of an enzyme can affect intracellular functions. While exploring ...

Novo Nordisk just upped its bid for Metsera to $86.20 a share, valuing the biotech at roughly $10 billion, including a contingent value right of up to $24 in cash. Pfizer's offer, by comparison, tops ...

Lawsuit alleges Novo's 30-month closing period would stall Metsera's obesity drug Metsera says Pfizer using litigation to lower its takeover price Judge will analyze claims on Tuesday Novo and Metsera ...

Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. Matthew Herper covers ...

Five reputed drug dealers were hit with federal charges Thursday for allegedly peddling fentanyl-laced opioid pills that killed Robert De Niro’s grandson in 2023. Grant McIver, Bruce Epperson, Eddie ...