Company to acquire three sites from Catalent amid runaway demand for weight-loss drug<\/p>\n
The explosion in demand for the weight loss drug Wegovy has led to the holding company behind its maker, Novo Nordisk, buying a leading US-based drugmaker for $16.5bn (\u00a313.2bn) to increase capacity.<\/p>\n
Novo Holdings is to buy the New Jersey-based pharmaceutical firm Catalent, and then immediately sell three of its sites for $11bn in US and Europe to Wegovy Novo Nordisk, which will increase its ability to match supply with growing demand.<\/p>\n
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