Pfizer and Novo Nordisk’s battle over Metsera

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 Lawsuits fly in bidding war over developer of next generation weight loss drugs

Pfizer and Novo Nordisk have locked horns in a bidding war over Metsera – a US-based biotech in the process of developing new hormone-mimicking weight loss treatments originally spun out of Imperial College London, UK. Pfizer has filed two lawsuits trying to block novo from muscling in on its agreed deal with Metsera.