A selection of injector pens for the Wegovy weight loss drug are shown in this photo illustration in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., March 31, 2023.
REUTERS/Jim Vondruska/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO) has hired Thermo Fisher (TMO.N) as its second contract manufacturer for its hugely popular weight-loss drug Wegovy, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Thermo is doing the filling of the Wegovy injection pens at its factory in Greenville, North Carolina, the source said, declining to be named because the information is confidential.
Novo Chief Financial Officer Karsten Munk Knudsen told Reuters in May the company had signed up a second contract manufacturer in the United States, but the identity of the company has not previously been reported.
Wegovy launched in the United States in June 2021, the first-to-market in a new class of highly effective weight-loss drugs.
Persons:
Jim Vondruska, Karsten Munk Knudsen, Wegovy, Knudsen, Catalent's, Maggie Fick, Josephine Mason, Mark Potter
Organizations:
REUTERS, Novo Nordisk, Reuters, Novo, Thomson
Locations:
Chicago , Illinois, U.S, Greenville , North Carolina, United States, Danish, Brussels, Belgium