Novo Nordisk loses $30.7 billion in market value as shares drop
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Novo Nordisk’s sharp market-cap drawdown underscores renewed uncertainty around GLP-1 competition and commercialization strategy, despite expansion into oral formulations and planned U.S. rollout. The public dispute with Eli Lilly over alleged deceptive advertising adds litigation and reputational overhang, reinforcing near-term multiple compression risk across large-cap obesity/diabetes drug leaders and pressuring broader healthcare/pharma equity exposures.
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Novo Nordisk shares slid, wiping $30.7 billion from the company’s market capitalization in a single session and leaving it down nearly 69% from its June 2024 peak. The company is pushing to commercialize oral versions of its GLP-1 medicines, having launched a Wegovy pill in the United Arab Emirates and the U.K. with plans to sell in the U.S. and globally. It has also entered a public dispute with Eli Lilly over the accuracy of advertising claims. The moves and the clash are part of intensifying competition in obesity and diabetes drugs, adding near-term pressure to biopharma-focused index tools such as ONUS.
