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.The stock rose as much as 6.9% in Copenhagen as investors looked past a trimmed financial forecast from the Danish drugmaker.

Pedersen and Maggie Fick COPENHAGEN/LONDON (Reuters) -Drugmaker Novo Nordisk expects a recovery of Wegovy weight-loss drug sales in the United States once a ban on compound copycats is enforced this month,

Investors are worried Novo Nordisk's competition with Eli Lilly is heating up and that the first-to-market GLP-1 leader is losing ground.