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Weight-loss drugmakers report strong earnings: Boon or bane?
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While the weight-loss drug frenzy spread all over the world, the two star pharmaceutical manufacturers, $Novo-Nordisk A/S (NVO.US)$ and Show More
While the weight-loss drug frenzy spread all over the world, the two star pharmaceutical manufacturers, $Novo-Nordisk A/S (NVO.US)$ and $Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.US)$ , were driven to record highs. Both of them announced quarterly earnings before the bell on Thursday, and they didn't disappoint investors.

Denmark-based Novo reported $8.4 billion in revenue in the past three months, a 29% increase from a year ago. It's third-quarter profits jumped 56% YoY, fueled by surging demand for its obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. Eli Lilly's third-quarter revenue was $9.5 billion, up 37% YoY; adjusted earnings per share of 10 cents, and the market expects a loss of 13 cents per share.

Lilly’s share price was up 5% in early trading Thursday and has gained about 60 percent so far this year, giving the company a stock-market value of roughly $550 billion — the largest among U.S. drugmakers. Novo shares were up about 4 percent Thursday and have increased nearly 50 percent this year. What are your thoughts?
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