Could outperform Wegovy and cagrisema: Novo Nordisk starts trial with obesity hope

Novo Nordisk expects the candidate amycretin to provide at least the same weight loss as cagrisema, the successor to Wegovy, says the company’s head of development.
Novo Nordisk's director of development, Martin Holst Lange. | Photo: Novo Nordisk / Pr
Novo Nordisk's director of development, Martin Holst Lange. | Photo: Novo Nordisk / Pr

With the initiation of a new phase I trial, Novo Nordisk has named the pharmaceutical company’s next big hope in the treatment of obesity, and according to the company’s head of development, Martin Holst Lange, the expectations for the potential obesity drug are already high.

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