Since the middle of 2022, when their GLP-1 agonists became recognized as effective treatments for obesity in addition to diabetes, the stock prices of Novo Nordisk A/S and Eli Lilly and Company have soared. Second-quarter earnings reports from both companies firstly led to some weakness for Novo, but then demonstrated that this is not a zero-sum game.
Novo was not the first instance this earnings season when a big pharmaceutical company’s growth in second-quarter sales and earnings...








