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Pharmaceuticals News 30 October 2025 - 6 November 2025

Novo Nordisk (NVO) Stock Tanks as Weight-Loss Empire Faces Boardroom Coup and Fierce Rivalry

NVO Stock Today (Nov 6, 2025): Novo Nordisk volatile as White House pricing deal reshapes GLP‑1 market—what it means for Wegovy, Ozempic and investors

Published: November 6, 2025 TL;DR: Novo Nordisk’s U.S.‑listed shares (NYSE: NVO) swung after the White House announced a pricing-and-access deal with Novo and Eli Lilly that expands Medicare coverage for anti‑obesity drugs and cuts out‑of‑pocket costs. As of 17:51 UTC (12:51 p.m. ET), NVO traded around $47.30, down ~2.4% on the day (intraday range: $46.91–$49.49; volume ~29.3M). The company confirmed a Medicare Part D pilot beginning in 2026, lower U.S. prices in Medicare/Medicaid and cash channels, and a three‑year tariff exemption—and flagged a low single‑digit drag to 2026 global sales growth. GlobeNewswire What’s moving NVO today White House deal cuts
6 November 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) Pops as White House Strikes Obesity-Drug Pricing Deal; New 20% Weight‑Loss Data Fuels Momentum — Today, November 6, 2025

Eli Lilly stock today: drivers, numbers, and what to watch for next. Key takeaways (Nov 6, 2025) Eli Lilly stock today: quote & range As of this afternoon, LLY traded near $935.89, up about 1.1%, with today’s range $916.37–$949.90 and a 52‑week range $624.00–$955.43 (values delayed up to 15 minutes). Reuters 1) The White House’s obesity‑drug deal: lower prices, broader access President Donald Trump announced deals with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to reduce U.S. costs and expand coverage for in‑demand weight‑loss medicines. The plan includes Medicare coverage for obesity treatment, expected to carry $50 monthly copays for eligible beneficiaries,
6 November 2025
Novavax (NVAX) Raises 2025 Revenue Outlook After Q3 Beat; Sanofi Milestones Drive Guidance — November 6, 2025

Novavax (NVAX) Raises 2025 Revenue Outlook After Q3 Beat; Sanofi Milestones Drive Guidance — November 6, 2025

What happened today Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVAX) reported Q3 2025 results and raised its full‑year adjusted revenue framework to $1.04–$1.06 billion (from $1.00–$1.05 billion). Management cited momentum from licensing, supply, and milestone revenue—while excluding Sanofi‑led sales and royalties from the outlook. The company also reaffirmed 2025 operating‑expense guidance. ir.novavax.com Revenue for the quarter came in at $70 million, above Wall Street expectations, while the GAAP net loss widened to $202 million year‑over‑year, reflecting $126 million in non‑cash charges, including $97 million related to a previously announced Maryland facility consolidation. Reuters On a per‑share basis, Novavax posted a GAAP loss of
6 November 2025
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Moderna (MRNA) Beats Q3 on Sales of New COVID Shot, Trims 2025 Outlook; Stock Whipsaws — Nov. 6, 2025

Moderna (MRNA) Beats Q3 on Sales of New COVID Shot, Trims 2025 Outlook; Stock Whipsaws — Nov. 6, 2025

Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNA) posted third‑quarter 2025 revenue of ~$1.02 billion and a GAAP loss of $0.51 per share, topping Wall Street estimates as sales of its updated COVID‑19 vaccine outperformed. The company narrowed its full‑year revenue range to $1.6–$2.0 billion, cut operating‑expense guidance, and raised its year‑end cash outlook. Shares popped in pre‑market trading before wobbling intraday. SEC+1 What happened Moderna’s Q3 print outpaced expectations on both the top and bottom lines, led by stronger‑than‑modeled sales of its updated COVID‑19 shot (marketed this season as mNEXSPIKE/Spikevax 2025–26). Management simultaneously tightened the full‑year revenue band and lowered operating‑expense plans, signaling
6 November 2025
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Pfizer (PFE) Stock at a Crossroads: Big Dividend, Weight-Loss Gamble & 2025 Outlook

Pfizer (PFE) today: Court denies bid to block Novo–Metsera deal; Pfizer preps sweeter offer and leans on higher 2025 EPS outlook

Key takeaways What happened today (Nov. 6) 1) Court clears the way for Metsera to pivot to Novo’s richer bid.On Wednesday evening, the Delaware Chancery Court denied Pfizer’s TRO request that sought to keep Metsera bound to its earlier merger agreement with Pfizer. In a same‑day statement, Pfizer argued the decision “does not address the merits” and vowed to pursue its claims in parallel antitrust litigation. BioSpace’s Thursday write‑up and the company’s press release confirm the ruling and Pfizer’s plan to keep fighting. BioSpace+1 2) Pfizer signals a sweeter counter—because the clock is tight.Reporting overnight indicates Pfizer plans to sweeten
6 November 2025
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Pfizer Stock Plunge and Promise: Vaccine Slump, Weight-Loss War, and a $10B Gamble – Is PFE Poised for a Comeback?

Pfizer Stock Plunge and Promise: Vaccine Slump, Weight-Loss War, and a $10B Gamble – Is PFE Poised for a Comeback?

Company Overview & Stock Snapshot Pfizer Inc. is one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, known for household-name drugs and vaccines. Headquartered in New York, Pfizer manufactures treatments across vaccines, oncology, immunology, cardiology, and more. The company gained global prominence for its COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) and antiviral pill (Paxlovid). However, with the pandemic’s tide receding, Pfizer’s stock (PFE) has faced significant challenges in 2023–2025. Shares that once traded above $50 during the vaccine rollout now hover in the mid-$20sreuters.com. At around $24–$25 per share, Pfizer’s market cap is about $138 billionstockanalysis.com – substantially smaller than several years ago and dwarfed
5 November 2025
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Biohaven (BHVN) Stock Plunges on FDA Setback – Will Its Biotech Pipeline Fuel a Comeback?

Biohaven (BHVN) Stock Plunges on FDA Setback – Will Its Biotech Pipeline Fuel a Comeback?

FDA Setback: Complete Response Letter Halts Lead Drug Ambitions Biohaven’s recent troubles center on VYGLXIA (troriluzole) – its lead drug candidate for spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA), a degenerative brain disorder that currently has no approved treatmentreuters.com. On November 4, 2025, after market close, Biohaven announced that the FDA had issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) rejecting the company’s New Drug Application. This CRL cited multiple concerns with Biohaven’s data: potential bias, design limitations, lack of pre-specification, and unmeasured confounding factors in the supporting studiesstocktwits.comstocktwits.com. In simpler terms, the FDA was uneasy with how Biohaven ran and analyzed its trials – particularly
5 November 2025
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Teva Stock Soars on Earnings Beat: Inside Teva’s 2025 Comeback and What’s Next for Investors

Teva Stock Soars on Earnings Beat: Inside Teva’s 2025 Comeback and What’s Next for Investors

Financial Health and Earnings Trends Teva’s financial turnaround appears to be gaining steam, driven by both top-line growth and disciplined cost management. Quarterly revenue has now grown year-over-year for 11 straight quartersinvesting.com, marking a sustained rebound after a difficult past decade. In Q3 2025, revenue rose ~3% YoY (1% in constant currency) to $4.48 Binvesting.com, while adjusted earnings jumped to $0.78 per share (from $0.69 a year ago)reuters.com. Notably, this beat Wall Street estimates by ~$0.10 and marked Teva’s strongest earnings surprise of 2025reuters.com. The growth engines are Teva’s newer branded drugs: movement-disorder treatment Austedo, migraine injection Ajovy, and schizophrenia depot
5 November 2025
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Billion-Dollar Brawl: Novo Nordisk and Pfizer Clash in High-Stakes Obesity Drug Takeover

Novo Nordisk’s Weight-Loss Drug Boom Hits a Wall – Wegovy Slowdown Sparks Stock Slump and Forecast Cut

Once Sky-High Valuation Falters Amid Weight-Loss Drug Headwinds Just a year ago, Novo Nordisk – buoyed by the meteoric success of its weight-loss injection Wegovy – briefly eclipsed all other European companies in market valuereuters.com. The Danish pharmaceutical giant enjoyed surging sales as Wegovy and its type-2 diabetes sibling Ozempic (both containing the GLP-1 agonist semaglutide) became global sensations, with millions seeking their dramatic weight-loss benefits. However, 2025 has seen a sharp reversal of fortune. A “slew of headwinds has shaken investor confidence” in Novo Nordisk’s once-dominant growth storystockanalysis.com. The company’s share price has plummeted nearly 50% year-to-date amid signs
5 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 sharereuters.com. Novo’s new CEO Mike Doustdar and the company’s controlling foundation have pushed for bolder moves after days of sliding market performancereuters.comreuters.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 after Novo’s top shareholder
4 November 2025
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Pfizer’s Q3 Shocker: Earnings Beat, Outlook Raised, and a $7 Billion Obesity Drug Gambit

Pfizer’s Q3 Shocker: Earnings Beat, Outlook Raised, and a $7 Billion Obesity Drug Gambit

Q3 Earnings Beat and Raised Outlook Pfizer delivered a positive surprise in Q3 2025, topping earnings and revenue expectations even as its overall results declined from a year ago. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $0.87, comfortably above consensus (~$0.63–$0.64)reuters.com. This was achieved on quarterly revenue of about $16.7 billion, which, while ~6% lower than the same period last year, slightly exceeded analysts’ forecasts (~$16.5B)stocktwits.comreuters.com. The decline was largely anticipated due to the sharp drop in COVID-19 product demand, but stronger-than-expected sales in other areas helped Pfizer beat the Street’s estimates. Encouraged by the quarter’s results, Pfizer raised its
4 November 2025
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Pfizer (PFE) Stock at a Crossroads: Big Dividend, Weight-Loss Gamble & 2025 Outlook

Pfizer (PFE) Stock at a Crossroads: Big Dividend, Weight-Loss Gamble & 2025 Outlook

Stock Price and Recent Performance Pfizer’s stock has languished in 2025 despite a rising broader market. At ~$24.65, PFE is roughly flat since January and far below its 2021 peak (~$50)sharewise.com. In the past three years, the shares have tumbled about 50% as the company’s COVID-fueled revenue boom faded and investors braced for patent expirationssharewise.com. By mid-2025, Pfizer traded near multi-year lows (around $23), though it bounced off those lows in early October after positive news on earnings and policy. Notably, Pfizer’s stock surged ~15% at the end of Q3 (from ~$23.85 on Sept. 29 to ~$27.37 by Oct. 3statmuse.comstatmuse.com)
3 November 2025
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Rani Therapeutics (RANI) Stock Skyrockets on Biotech Breakthrough: Inside the Surge and What’s Next

Rani Therapeutics (RANI) Stock Skyrockets on Biotech Breakthrough: Inside the Surge and What’s Next

RANI Stock Performance: From Penny Stock to Momentum Rocket Rani Therapeutics’ stock price has been on a tear in late 2025, turning heads in the biotech investing community. After languishing under $1 for most of the year, RANI exploded upward in October. It closed on Oct 31 at $2.20, up +51.7% in one dayfinviz.com on massive volume (~61 million shares vs ~15 million averagefinviz.com). In fact, over the past month RANI has climbed about 335%finviz.com. Just a few weeks ago in early October it was trading around 50–60 cents; by the first week of November it’s oscillating in the mid-$2s.
3 November 2025
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Pfizer Stock Surges on Trump Deal & Obesity Drug Drama – Is a Comeback Coming?

Pfizer Stock Surges on Trump Deal & Obesity Drug Drama – Is a Comeback Coming?

Company Background & Significance Founded in 1849, Pfizer Inc. has grown into a pillar of the pharmaceutical industry, known for landmark drugs and vaccines. From breakthrough treatments like Lipitor (cholesterol) and Viagra (ED), to its 2020 partnership with BioNTech delivering the first approved COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer’s innovations have had global impact. Today the company employs about 81,000 people worldwide and operates 35+ manufacturing sitesxtalks.com. It was the world’s top drugmaker by sales during the pandemic boom (record revenue of $100 billion in 2022), and even with post-COVID declines Pfizer is expected to generate ~$62 billion in revenue in 2025 –
2 November 2025
Eli Lilly Stock Pre-Market Preview: Will Obesity-Drug Boom Send LLY to New Highs? (Nov 3, 2025)

Eli Lilly Stock Pre-Market Preview: Will Obesity-Drug Boom Send LLY to New Highs? (Nov 3, 2025)

Market Snapshot (pre-market Nov 3) As of Oct. 31 close, Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) was around $862–864 (with after-hours ~864) Stockanalysis Marketbeat. That’s up ~9–10% from early October Nasdaq. Trading volumes have been heavy, and LLY remains near its 52-week high (~$935) Marketbeat. MarketBeat notes LLY’s 50-day moving average is ~$780 Marketbeat, reflecting the recent surge. Institutional ownership is high (~82.5% by funds Marketbeat) and sentiment is bullish. Blowout Q3 & Raised Guidance Lilly’s Q3 (announced Oct 30) blew past forecasts. Revenue was $17.60 billion (+54% YoY) with EPS $7.02 Marketbeat, versus consensus ~$16.1 B/$5.9. Key GLP-1 drugs led the surge. The company
2 November 2025
Rani Therapeutics (RANI) Stock Skyrockets ~200% on $1B Pharma Deal – Will the Rally Last?

Rani Therapeutics Stock Explodes on Obesity-Drug Breakthrough – Analysts Eye $10+ Targets

Stock Performance and Recent Movement Rani shares have exploded in the last month. On Oct 1, 2025 RANI traded around $0.50. A landmark collaboration announced Oct 17 with Japan’s Chugai (up to $1.085B deal) and a simultaneous $60M financing sent the stock soaring. Intraday Oct 17 it jumped from $0.47 to $2.39 (+248%)ts2.tech. By Oct 31 the stock closed at $2.20, a 51.7% gain on that day alonets2.tech. This means RANI is up roughly +20% in the past week (from ~$1.82 on Oct 24 to $2.20) and about +330% in Octoberinvesting.cominvesting.com.This rally propelled RANI well above Nasdaq’s $1 minimum bid
1 November 2025
AbbVie’s Bull Run: Why This $400B Pharma Giant’s Stock Is Just Getting Started

AbbVie’s Bull Run: Why This $400B Pharma Giant’s Stock Is Just Getting Started

Stock Performance & Technical Trends AbbVie’s stock has been a standout performer in 2025. Shares currently hover around $228–$229, up roughly 28–30% since January and near their highest levels on recordts2.techreportify.cn. This vastly outperforms both the S&P 500 (up ~16% YTD) and the broader pharma industry (up mid-single-digits)timesunion.comreportify.cn – a testament to investors’ optimism in AbbVie’s post-Humira strategy. The stock’s 52-week range spans from a low of about $163.8 to the recent peak around $244.8 on October 1stts2.tech. Several catalysts have fueled this rally. In mid-September, AbbVie announced a patent settlement securing no U.S. generics for Rinvoq until 2037, effectively
31 October 2025
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Moderna Stock Soars on Buyout Buzz – Can New Vaccines Fuel a Comeback?

Moderna Stock Soars on Buyout Buzz – Can New Vaccines Fuel a Comeback?

Market Performance & Buyout Rumors On Oct. 30, 2025 Moderna’s stock jumped sharply. Midday trading saw MRNA up ~11.7% to about $27.56tradingview.com, reversing much of September–October’s slide. This followed a STAT News report (cited by Reuters) that Moderna has held buyout or partnership talks with at least one large drugmakertradingview.com. Moderna’s shares had been languishing near all-time lows (after falling roughly 90% from pandemic highs)tradingview.com, so today’s news sparked a relief rally. Even so, with the recent gain the stock remains roughly 37% below its Jan. 2025 pricetradingview.com. (By comparison, the Nasdaq and biotech indices were mostly flat today.) Moderna
30 October 2025
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Pfizer Stock Soars: Trump’s Drug-Price Deal and $7B Weight-Loss Bet Spark Rally

Pfizer Stock Soars: Trump’s Drug-Price Deal and $7B Weight-Loss Bet Spark Rally

Stock Price & Recent Performance Pfizer’s stock has been rangebound in the low-to-mid $20s for much of 2025. By late September, PFE traded around $23.60 – about 9% below its price a year earlierts2.tech – as investors grappled with the end of Covid vaccine and treatment revenues. That all changed in early October. In the final trading week of September, Pfizer shares jumped ~15%, rallying from roughly $23.6 (Sept. 25) to about $27.2 by Oct. 1ts2.tech. This dramatic move was largely driven by two key announcements (see below) and marked one of PFE’s strongest weekly gains in years. After peaking
30 October 2025
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Cambricon Class A stock price dips again: what to watch next for China AI chip name 688256

Cambricon Class A stock price dips again: what to watch next for China AI chip name 688256

8 February 2026
Cambricon Technologies shares closed at 1,036.99 yuan in Shanghai on Friday, down 2.02%, with volume at about 8 million shares. The stock has fallen roughly 16.5% since Feb. 2 after sharp declines earlier in the week. Investors await the company’s next earnings report, due March 13, for confirmation of its forecasted profit turnaround. Cambricon is valued at about 437.28 billion yuan.
Infineon stock in focus after Friday rise as reports flag April price hikes for power chips

Infineon stock in focus after Friday rise as reports flag April price hikes for power chips

8 February 2026
Infineon shares closed up 1.5% at 42.04 euros Friday on Xetra after reports the company plans April price hikes on some power products. TrendForce said the increases, citing tight supply and higher costs, would apply from April 1. The Feb. 12 record date and Feb. 19 annual meeting are next for shareholders. UBS raised its price target to 47 euros, citing stronger margins.
TE Connectivity stock jumps 3.5% into the weekend — what to watch for TEL next week

TE Connectivity stock jumps 3.5% into the weekend — what to watch for TEL next week

8 February 2026
TE Connectivity (NYSE: TEL) closed Friday up 3.46% at $215.91, rebounding after a 3.29% drop Thursday, but remains 5% lower for the week and 14% below its 52-week high. The company expects to close a $750 million senior notes offering on Monday and pay a $0.71 dividend March 13. Investors await Friday’s U.S. CPI report, seen as a key market driver.
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