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flag Novo Nordisk offers $6.5B to acquire Metsera, aiming to boost its obesity and diabetes drug pipeline.

flag Novo Nordisk has made an unsolicited $6.5 billion cash offer to acquire biotech firm Metsera, with up to $2.5 billion in additional milestone-based payments, aiming to strengthen its pipeline in obesity and diabetes treatments. flag The $56.50 per share proposal includes non-voting preferred stock for half the shares at signing and contingent value rights for the rest. flag The move, reportedly intended to surpass a prior agreement with Pfizer, reflects Novo Nordisk’s strategic push to expand its metabolic disease portfolio amid growing competition in the weight-loss drug market. flag The proposal is under review by Metsera’s board.

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