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Obesity Treatment News 17 October 2025 - 8 November 2025

Pfizer (PFE) Clinches $10B Metsera Deal, Beating Novo Nordisk — What the Winning Bid Means for the Obesity-Drug Race (Nov. 8, 2025)

Pfizer (PFE) Clinches $10B Metsera Deal, Beating Novo Nordisk — What the Winning Bid Means for the Obesity-Drug Race (Nov. 8, 2025)

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) has secured a definitive agreement to acquire weight‑loss biotech Metsera in a transaction valued at up to $10 billion, ending a high‑stakes bidding war with Novo Nordisk and positioning Pfizer squarely back in the fast‑growing obesity market. Metsera accepted Pfizer’s revised offer late Friday; Novo said today it would not raise its competing bid. Reuters Key takeaways What happened today Pfizer’s final, sweetened bid prevailed after a week of public twists that included legal skirmishes and regulatory warnings. Metsera said the legal and regulatory risks tied to Novo’s proposal—flagged by the FTC—were “unacceptably high,” tipping the
8 November 2025
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Billion-Dollar Brawl: Novo Nordisk and Pfizer Clash in High-Stakes Obesity Drug Takeover

Billion-Dollar Brawl: Novo Nordisk and Pfizer Clash in High-Stakes Obesity Drug Takeover

Background: Novo vs. Pfizer in the Weight-Loss Drug Race The fight for Metsera is driven by fierce competition in GLP-1 obesity drugs. Novo Nordisk is the maker of Wegovy/Ozempic, and Eli Lilly’s drugs recently overtook Wegovy in US market share reuters.com. Novo’s new CEO Mike Doustdar and the company’s controlling foundation have pushed for bolder moves after days of sliding market performance reuters.com reuters.com. In late October, Novo – which had already agreed a separate $5 billion deal to buy diabetes biotech Akero – suddenly “launched a bid…valuing [Metsera] at some $9 billion and crashing Pfizer’s deal” reuters.com. This was weeks
4 November 2025
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Rani Therapeutics (RANI) Stock Surges 150% on $1B+ Chugai Collaboration – Analysts Weigh In

Rani Therapeutics (RANI) Rockets 51% on Obesity Pill Breakthrough and $1B Pharma Deal

Stock Price and Recent Performance RANI has seen explosive moves this month. As of the Oct 31 close, Rani Therapeutics stock was $2.20 (up $0.75, +51.7%) stockanalysis.com. This follows a monumental rally: on Oct 17, RANI nearly tripled from ~$0.47 to an intraday high of $2.39 (+248%) ts2.tech stockanalysis.com after the company announced the Chugai collaboration and financing. Even after that spike, RANI remained volatile – it spent mid-October around $1.50–2.50, briefly crossing Nasdaq’s $1 bid threshold and greatly lifting its market cap. Volume has been extremely high: for example, ~172 million shares traded on Oct 20 and ~124 million on Oct 21 stockanalysis.com, versus
31 October 2025
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Big Pharma’s Billion-Dollar Bet: Inside Eli Lilly’s $5B Virginia Factory and America’s New Drug Manufacturing Boom

Eli Lilly (LLY) Surges on Obesity Drug Boom and Alzheimer’s Breakthroughs – Is $1,000 Next?

LLY Stock Skyrockets, Then Dips on Pricing Jitters Eli Lilly’s stock has been on a tear in 2025, powered by optimism around its new drug innovations. Shares surged dramatically at the start of October – leaping from about $726 at the end of September to as high as $832 by October 1 ts2.tech. This double-digit jump in just days far outpaced the broader market and reflected euphoric sentiment toward Lilly’s growth prospects ts2.tech. Analysts attributed the rally to a perfect storm of positive news: strong recent earnings, insider buying, and fresh research fueling excitement about Lilly’s obesity and Alzheimer’s franchises
17 October 2025
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