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Novo Nordisk on Wednesday reported a better-than-expected rise in net profit but lowered its full-year sales growth forecast.
Novo Nordisk is hedging and building its way around a global tariff war that may threaten the Wegovy maker’s plans to expand in the U.S. Karsten Munk Knudsen, Novo Nordisk’s chief financial officer, told Fortune the company is well-placed to handle the geopolitical upheaval that rocked global business in March and April.
Drugmaker Novo Nordisk expects Wegovy weight-loss drug sales in the United States to start to recover once a ban on compound copycats is enforced this month, its CEO said on Wednesday after the company cut its 2025 forecasts.
Novo Nordisk on Wednesday reported a better-than-expected rise in net profit but lowered its full-year sales growth forecast.
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Pharmaceutical Technology on MSNNovo Nordisk cuts 2025 outlook due to compounding-hit Wegovy demandNovo Nordisk has cut its sales and profits forecasts for 2025 due to lower demand in the US for blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drugs.
Novo Nordisk A/S surged on expectations that some competition for its blockbuster obesity shot Wegovy will subside, paving the way for a sales rebound later this year.
A new study found users of one drug lost almost 50 percent more weight that users of Wegovy. People taking Eli Lilly’s obesity drug, Zepbound, lost nearly 50% more weight than those using rival Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy in the first head-to-head study of the blockbuster medications.
Novo Nordisk stock slumped early Monday as the drugmaker was facing a hit to revenue from several different directions. This was amid a broader market that was soaring.Novo’s American depositary receipts were down 3.