Novo Nordisk weight-loss drug wins US approval as a daily pill
Shares in Danish company rise as drugmaker secures lead in oral obesity treatment
Shares in Danish company rise as drugmaker secures lead in oral obesity treatment

New drug Foundayo sets up battle with Novo Nordisk for oral obesity drugs

Once-a-week injection achieved less weight loss than rival treatment

Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy tablet offers Danish drugmaker window to win back market share from Eli Lilly

Participants in trial of amycretin injectable obesity drug lost an average of 24% of their body weight on highest dose

Danish drugmaker expects sales and profit growth at lower end of its guidance this year

Danish group loses share in diabetes drugs to rivals, with first-half sales growth easing to 8%