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Although it isn't the largest therapeutic area in the pharmaceutical industry, the market for weight loss therapies has caught fire in recent years. The leading medicines in this field include household names such as Wegovy and Zepbound, two drugs whose sales are rapidly growing.Their success has attracted the attention of other major drugmakers, including Pfizer (PFE 0.43%), which has been looking to dip its toes into this area. Unfortunately, recent developments make Pfizer's prospects in the weight loss ...

Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE ) has had a troublesome few years after the revenue boom generated by its COVID vaccine. The company was among the few beneficiaries of the need to rapidly vaccinate massive swaths of the global population, competing chieflyRetail investor researching mostly semiconductors and fintech. Some general macro musings. My goal is to bring you timely and digestible research on the stocks that I cover.Analyst’s Disclosure: I/we have a beneficial long position in the shares of PFE either throug ...

If you'd like to learn more about how to best position yourself in under valued stocks mispriced by the market to start Q1, consider joining Out Fox The Street .The vaccine fears now have Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE ) trading down to only $22. The market is now pricing in major fears of lost revenues, with the dividend yield soaring to nearly 8%. MyAnalyst’s Disclosure: I/we have a beneficial long position in the shares of PFE either through stock ownership, options, or other derivatives. I wrote this article my ...

On Tuesday, investors continued to snap up shares of big pharmaceutical company Pfizer (PFE 1.51%). Somewhat counterintuitively, this week's rise came after the company announced it was ending the development of a drug in a very hot product category. On Tuesday, Pfizer's stock closed the day 1.5% higher, providing a pleasant contrast to the S&P 500 index's 0.2% dip.Weight loss drug not a lossTuesday was a relatively uneventful news day for Pfizer, especially following the pharmaceutical giant's disclosure o ...

Investors are running into Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX) this week after an incident of drug-induced liver injury pushed Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) into terminating the development of its weight-loss pill.Viking’s share price has gained % in recent sessions on speculation that PFE will now resort to an acquisition to expand its footprint in the weight-loss space.Viking Therapeutics is currently testing an oral as well as an injectable GLP-1 drug. Plus, its stock has tanked nearly 50% this year, which makes it ...

Pfizer (PFE 0.82%) recently reminded investors how risky the drug-development business can be. On April 14, the company told investors it would scrap development of danuglipron, its oral GLP-1 candidate for weight management. The stock has been trading about 63% below its all-time high. The danuglipron program's termination is disappointing, but it won't be the end of Pfizer's attempt to develop blockbuster weight-management drugs. The company has an oral glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide recepto ...

Pfizer bows, but is not entirely out of the GLP-1 race.Bad news for Pfizer (PFE 1.19%) turned into good news for Eli Lilly (LLY 2.50%), Novo Nordisk (NVO 2.21%), and Viking Therapeutics (VKTX 8.78%) Monday morning, each of which is rising on Pfizer's latest product announcement.Early this morning, Pfizer announced it will discontinue development of its danuglipron (PF-06882961) once-a-day oral GLP-1 weight loss pill. Shares of companies will injectable GLP-1 drugs already on the market -- Eli Lilly and Novo ...

Viking Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VKTX) stock is up 10.1% to trade at $24.42 today, and traded as high as $27.09 earlier in the session. The drugmaker is on the move after Pfizer (PFE) halted the development of its weight-loss pill. Viking has two weight-loss drug candidates that have shown promising results in Phase 1 and 2 trials late last year. Sector peers Eli Lilly (LLY) and Novo Nordisk (NVO) -- two heavy hitters in the weight-loss treatment department -- are also higher today.VKTX is still down 39.3% i ...

About this content About Emily Jarvie Emily began her career as a political journalist for Australian Community Media in Hobart, Tasmania. After she relocated to Toronto, Canada, she reported on business, legal, and scientific developments in the emerging psychedelics sector before joining Proactive in 2022. She brings a strong journalism background with her work featured in newspapers, magazines, and digital publications across Australia, Europe, and North America, including The Examiner, The Advocate, ...