American pharmaceutical company Amgen (AMGNminibaccarattable.US) rose nearly 16% to 322 at the beginning of the sessionminibaccarattable.6 dollarsminibaccarattable, the largest one-day increase since 2009. on the news frontminibaccarattableAmgen's mid-term trial of a new weight-loss drug has received positive data, and if the drug is approved, it will compete with Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Lilly's Zepbound.
Earlier, some media said that Amgen is trying a new weight-loss drug, whose mechanism of action is different from Novo Nordisk and Lilly products, which can prevent patients from gaining weight even if they stop taking the drug.