The German biotech inks its fifth metabolic disease collaboration as it teams up with US major Lilly to develop kidney disease and diabetes assets.

When Novo Nordisk’s anti-obesity medicine Wegovy launched in June 2021, patients and physicians could not get enough. As COVID-19 underscored the risks of obesity, along came the most effective drug yet – on a par with surgery, in terms of weight loss achieved. Pharma’s interest in this disease has reawakened, and Wegovy may be just the first of a new generation of more powerful anti-obesity medicines.

2021 may have been dominated by the continuing coronavirus pandemic, but that did not stop industry’s more bread and butter R&D activities. Here, In Vivo takes a look at five of the more notable clinical trial hits of the year.

Exploring the continued controversy around the 340B US federal drug discount program. As the story moves into 2022, key questions remain unanswered.