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Pfizer seals $10-billion deal for Metsera as Novo exits race
Financial Express Mumbai
|November 09, 2025
OBESITY DRUG DEVELOPER Metsera has accepted Pfizer's $10 billion acquisition offer, ending a fierce biotech bidding war between the New York-based pharma giant and Danish rival Novo Nordisk.
Pfizer appeared to have locked up the acquisition in September before Novo jumped in last week with an unsolicited offer, sparking a strategic fight for a coveted asset in the growing weight-loss market.
This story is from the November 09, 2025 edition of Financial Express Mumbai.
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