No one stays on top forever. It’s a lesson that Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk may be painfully learning about. The Danish pharmaceutical company has enacted a hiring freeze—the latest sign of a sinking financial outlook for the once-titan of the obesity treatment world.

The pharma giant has almost doubled the size of its workforce over the last five years but is now looking to tighten cost controls amid challenges in the obesity-drug market.

A rumor that pharmaceutical companies behind popular weight-loss and diabetes medications like Ozempic faced lawsuits totaling more than $2 billion circulated online in August 2025.

With promising new obesity treatments in the pipeline, 24/7 Wall St. projects huge upside for Novo Nordisk stock through 2030.

Data to highlight the impact of Wegovy® (semaglutide 2.4 mg) on atrial fibrillation – a common heart rhythm condition – in people living with obesity (SELECT study)Additional Rybelsus® and Ozempic® da

The legal battle over Ozempic is getting bigger by the day. Multiple lawsuits have been filed against the diabetes-medicine-turned weight-loss drug. What started as scattered complaints has grown into more than a thousand lawsuits against Novo Nordisk.