Novo Nordisk’s new Denmark site will produce drugs for rare diseases, such as hemophilias. Separately, the pharma giant said all regulatory conditions have been met for Novo Holdings’ acquisition of Catalent, which will bring to Novo Nordisk three manufacturing sites for GLP-1 medications.
The GLP-1 battle heats up with new preliminary data from Eli Lilly showing that patients using its weight loss drug Zepbound lost more weight on average in 72 weeks than those on Novo Nordisk's Wegovy.
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Eli Lilly obesity drug Zepbound led to 47% greater relative weight loss compared to Wegovy in a head-to-head clinical trial. The results could help Lilly differentiate its product from Novo Nordisk’s in the increasingly competitive market of obesity medications.
The Novo Nordisk/Ascendis partnership’s lead program is once-monthly injectable semaglutide for type 2 diabetes and obesity. This product candidate will be developed with Ascendis Pharma technology that has already yielded two FDA-approved products with longer dosing intervals.
Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy achieved statistically significant improvement in a Phase 3 study in the fatty liver disease MASH. Based on these preliminary results, the company plans to seek U.S. and European Union approvals in this indication in 2025.
Positive preliminary results for Eli Lilly’s efsitora alfa continue to build the case for this once-weekly insulin in type 2 diabetes patients. Lilly is trying to catch up to Novo Nordisk’s once weekly insulin icodec, which is commercially available in several markets around the world but is not yet approved by the FDA.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
The FDA rejected Novo Nordisk’s biologics license application for icodec, citing questions about the manufacturing process for this once weekly insulin as well as its use by type 1 diabetes patients. But there are several high-profile FDA approvals in our recap of recent regulatory news.
The Phase 3 results for ocedurenone come less than nine months after Novo Nordisk acquired the drug from KBP Biosciences. Novo Nordisk has stopped the clinical trial in uncontrolled hypertension and chronic kidney disease, but is evaluating potential applications of the small molecule in other indications.
Novo Nordisk’s focus on diabetes and obesity shape its business development work, but the company is also exploring other areas. Top Novo Nordisk M&A executive John McDonald discussed his company’s strategy during a session at the BIO conference in San Diego.
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Novo Holdings’ $16.5 billion planned acquisition of Catalent is facing another delay. Just weeks after Novo decided to resubmit its application to the FTC, the agency is seeking more information about the deal. This move has triggered a second 30-day delay in the antitrust review process.
Novo Nordisk’s strategy to grow beyond metabolic diseases includes expanding into adjacent areas such as cardiovascular disease. Acquiring Cardior Pharmaceuticals adds a novel RNA-based therapy that is a potential heart failure treatment.
Novo Nordisk reported its weight loss pill amycretin led to greater weight loss measured at 12 weeks compared to clinical trial results for its blockbuster obesity drug Wegovy. But these results are from a small Phase 1 study and more testing is needed.
Blockbuster Novo Nordisk drug Ozempic now has clinical trial results showing statistically significant reductions in the risk of kidney disease progression. The company said these results support the expansion of the drug’s label to chronic kidney disease.
After Novo Holdings acquires Catalent, it will sell three of the contract manufacturing giant’s sites to Novo Nordisk. Those facilities already make Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 drugs for metabolic conditions, and they will help the company meet projected demand for these products in years to come.