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• By Ian Haydock

In this week's episode: top drugs in the first quarter; deal trends at bio; Novo and Lilly’s obesity segmentation plans; Chinese firms at ADA; and five drugs that surpassed sales expectations.

Scrip Five Must Know Things
Weekly audio roundup of selected content from Scrip's global team

Join us for an audio catch-up on the major events in the global biopharma industry over the past business week, as reported by Scrip‘s global team, in this podcast version of Five Must-Know Things.

This episode covers insights for the business week ended June 27, 2025, including: top drugs in the first quarter; deal trends at bio; Novo and Lilly’s obesity segmentation plans; Chinese firms at ADA; and five drugs that surpassed sales expectations.

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