Battle Intensifies in the Obesity Drug Market as Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly Vie for Dominance

obesity drugs; GLP-1; Wegovy; Zepbound; Novo Nordisk; Eli Lilly; market competition; direct-to-consumer; pharmacy benefit managers; compounders; clinical trials

Eli Lilly Vows Vigorous Defense as Texas Sues Over Alleged Drug Kickbacks

Eli Lilly; Texas Attorney General; kickback scheme; drug prescriptions; Mounjaro; Zepbound; GLP-1 drugs; Medicaid fraud; Free Nurse Program; Support Services Program; Ken Paxton; pharmaceutical litigation

AbbVie Invests $195 Million in New North Chicago API Manufacturing Site

AbbVie; North Chicago; API manufacturing; $195 million investment; facility expansion; pharmaceutical manufacturing; Illinois; domestic production

Obesity Leaders Dig Manufacturing Moats To Defend Injectable GLP-1 Empires

GLP-1; manufacturing capacity; Eli Lilly; Novo Nordisk; obesity drugs; Wegovy; Zepbound; capital expenditures; supply constraints; market competition; Medicare coverage; policy risk; biosimilars/generics; China GLP-1 pipeline; bariatric surgery

IO Biotech’s cancer vaccine Cylembio narrowly misses Phase III primary endpoint in advanced melanoma, but company eyes FDA filing in 2025

Cylembio; IO Biotech; melanoma; Phase 3; pivotal trial; progression-free survival (PFS); hazard ratio 0.77; p-value 0.056; Keytruda (pembrolizumab); FDA BLA; overall survival (OS) trend; IOB-013/KN-D18; NCT05155254; imsapepimut; etimupepimut; stock drop