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Novo Nordisk makes offer for obesity-focused Metsera, aiming to outbid Pfizer 

October 30, 2025
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STAT+ | Novo Nordisk makes offer for obesity-focused Metsera, aiming to outbid Pfizer

Both companies want Metsera's line of experimental weight loss drugs, as pharma firms try to gain an edge in the white-hot market.

By Andrew Joseph


STAT+ | How Moderna, the company that helped save the world, unraveled

An in-depth analysis of Moderna's dramatic rise and fall, from mRNA triumph to existential crisis, and what its uncertain future means for biotech.

By Jason Mast


STAT+ | Cigna stock nosedives on news that ending PBM rebates will lower that segment's profit

Cigna's plan to drop drug rebates sent its stock tumbling. The move came in response to Trump administration pressure

By Tara Bannow



STAT; Handout: Courtesy Eli Lilly

Eli Lilly's weight loss and diabetes drug tops Keytruda as world's best-selling medicine

The therapy, marketed as Zepbound and Mounjaro, took the crown from Merck's blockbuster cancer drug at a striking pace.

By Elaine Chen


STAT+ | Biotech might be tiny but the dealmaking is mighty

Also this week: A look at Kura and Syndax as they vie for market share among AML patients, and why Intellia faces an existential crisis.

By Adam Feuerstein


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