Novo Nordisk CEO and Board Leadership Step Down Amid Market Pressures; New Board to Prioritize Faster Decision-Making

Novo Nordisk; CEO resignation; Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen; board leadership change; Novo Nordisk Foundation; share price decline; strategic decision-making; competition; Lars Rebien Sørensen; executive transition

Novartis Receives FDA Approval for Rhapsido: First Oral BTK Inhibitor for Chronic Hives

Novartis; Rhapsido; FDA approval; Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi); remibrutinib; chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU); chronic hives; immunology; oral therapy; competition

Novo Nordisk to Cut 9,000 Jobs Globally as New CEO Targets $1.3B Savings by 2026

Novo Nordisk; layoffs; 9000 jobs; cost savings; CEO Doustdar; restructuring; weight-loss drugs; Wegovy; Ozempic; competition; Eli Lilly; profit guidance

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

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

Boehringer Ingelheim breaks into oncology as FDA grants accelerated approval to Hernexeos (zongertinib) for HER2 TKD–mutated NSCLC

Boehringer Ingelheim; Hernexeos; zongertinib; FDA approval; accelerated approval; non-squamous NSCLC; HER2 TKD mutations; Oncomine Dx Target Test; Beamion LUNG-1; objective response rate; first oral targeted therapy for HER2-mutant NSCLC; priority review; breakthrough therapy designation; confirmatory trial requirement; competition with Enhertu

Pfizer’s Embattled Obesity Program Loses Another GLP-1 Drug Due to Data and Competition Issues

Pfizer; obesity; GLP-1 agonist; clinical trial; liver injury; danuglipron; lotiglipron; PF-06954522; obesity drug development; competition