By Elsa Ohlen
Novo Nordisk stock jumped Friday after the Danish drugmaker announced new data for a new weight-loss drug which appeared to be more efficient than its blockbuster drugs currently on the market, Ozempic and Wegovy.
U.S. traded shares in Novo Nordisk A/S were up 9.1% to $88.45 in premarket trading while Danish listed shares rose about 5%.
The mid-stage clinical trial showed patients that moved to the highest dosage of 20mg of the new medicine Amycretin lost 22% of their body weight in over 36 weeks.
Shares of Novo's main rival Eli Lilly fell 1.3%.
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