Key Takeaways Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen will testify Tuesday before a Senate panel looking into the drug maker's pricing of weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic.The committee accused the company of charging "outrageously high prices" for the treatments.

Novo Nordisk, tje manufacturer behind Ozempic and Wegovy has another weight loss medication in the works — but according to its trial results, it has some pretty freaky side effects. As Fierce Biotech reports,

Novo Nordisk's chief executive is preparing for a showdown next week with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders over the high price of blockbuster diabetes and weight loss drugs, as Ozempic falls into the scope of U.

Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen downplayed concerns that Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk (NVO), the Scandinavian nation’s largest corporation, could someday drag down its economy the way the once-dominant Nokia (NOK) did to Finland in the 2000s.

But Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen isn't worried about a 'Nokia risk' from pharma giant.

Denmarks Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, rejected concerns over the economic risks posed by Novo Nordisks rapid growth. Despite comparisons to Finlands past dependence on Nokia, Frederiksen highlighted Denmarks