CSPC’s JMT206 Wins NMPA Nod for ActRII-Targeted Weight Management
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited (HKG: 1093) announced that its self‑developed recombinant fully human anti‑ActRIIA/IIB monoclonal...
Obesity
BrightGene Secures NMPA Nod for BGM1812 Obesity Trial, FDA Grants Trial Clearance
BrightGene Bio-Medical Techonology Co., Ltd. (SHA: 688166) disclosed that China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has...
Novo Nordisk Announces Major China Business Restructuring Effective Jan 1 2026
Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE: NVO) released an internal memorandum outlining a sweeping re‑organization of its...
Eli Lilly & Novo Nordisk Reach U.S. Deal to Cut Obesity‑Drug Prices, Unlock Medicare & Medicaid Access
Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) and Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO) announced a historic agreement with the...
Metsera Faces Escalating Bidding War as Novo Nordisk’s $10 B Offer Tops Pfizer’s Revised Proposal
Biotech‑focused Metsera (NASDAQ: MTSR) announced that Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO) has submitted a “superior” acquisition...
Lepu’s Minwei Licenses MWN105 Injection to Denmark’s Sidera Bio, Up to $1.01 B in Milestones
Lepu (Beijing) Medical Technology Co., Ltd. (SHE: 300003) announced that its wholly‑owned subsidiary Shanghai Minwei...
Ascletis Launches ASC36, a Once‑Monthly Injectable Targeting Obesity
China‑based Ascletis Pharma Inc. (HKG: 1672) announced the selection of ASC36, a once‑monthly subcutaneous injectable...
Sihuan Pharmaceutical Partners with Abalone Bio to Accelerate Obesity Therapeutics Development
China‑based Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd. (HKG: 0460) and U.S. biotech firm Abalone Bio signed...
Innovent’s Mazdutide Meets Phase III Endpoint in Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity Trial
Innovent Biologics (HKG: 1801) announced on October 27, 2025, that its fourth Phase III clinical...
Zhifei’s CA111 Injection Approved for Clinical Trials Targeting Weight Loss and Hypoglycemia
Chongqing Zhifei Biological Co., Ltd’s (SHE: 300122) subsidiary, Chongqing Chenan Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd., has received...
Eli Lilly Partners with Cipla to Distribute New Tirzepatide Brand “Yurpeak” in India
Eli Lilly and Company (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Lilly) and Cipla Limited (BOM: 500087, NSE: CIPLA) today announced a...
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Announces NMPA Acceptance of Efmedaglutide Alfa Injection for Long‑Term Weight Management
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited (HKG: 1093) today announced that the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA)...
PegBio Signs Non‑Binding Term Sheet with UAE‑Based PDC for Exclusive Middle East & Africa License of Visepegenatide
PegBio Co., Ltd. (HKG: 2565) announced today that it has entered into a non‑binding term...
Eli Lilly Halts Obesity Study of Experimental Drug Bimagrumab for Strategic Reasons
Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) announced that it has discontinued a phase I/II trial of...
Eli Lilly Announces $6.5 B Houston Facility to Boost Synthetic‑Medicine API Production
Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) announced today that it will construct a new $6.5 billion manufacturing complex...
Pfizer to Acquire Metsera for $4.9 B, Expanding Its Obesity & Cardiometabolic Pipeline
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that it will acquire Metsera, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTSR), a...
Ascletis Pharma Reports 28‑Day ASC30 Study Results at EASD
Ascletis Pharma Inc. (HKG: 1672) announced that its Phase Ib multiple‑ascending‑dose (MAD) study of the oral...
Novo Nordisk to File US Approval for High‑Dose Wegovy, Aiming to Match Lilly’s Zepbound
Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE: NVO) has announced plans to seek U.S. regulatory approval for a...
Remedium Bio Teams Up With Eli Lilly to Push Gene‑Therapy Frontiers for Diabetes and Obesity
Remedium Bio, Inc. (Remedium) announced a multi‑target R&D partnership with Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) to...
Innovent Biologics & Cowell Health Forge Strategic Alliance to Boost Drug Access
Innovent Biologics Inc. (HKG: 1801) announced a strategic cooperation agreement with Cowell Health. The partnership is...