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U.S. PHARMA LAB INC.

Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk face new competition in slimming drugs market

The duopoly of US pharmaceuticals firm Eli Lilly and Danish Novo Nordisk in the slimming drugs market is threatened. 

Two firms, Viking Therapeutics and Roche, announced the development of three products and Viking's shot up 39% in one day. 

Goldman Sachs estimates the market for such drugs will grow from €14 billion to €130 billion by 2030.

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla's parents among the few Thessaloniki Jews to survive the Holocaust

Albert Bourla, Chairman and CEO of US pharmaceuticals company Pfizer, shared the story of his parents, Jews from Thessaloniki, and how they managed to be among the 2,000 survivors from a community of 50,000 nearly eradicated by the Holocaust.