{"id":148587,"date":"2026-03-26T03:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T03:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148587"},"modified":"2026-03-26T03:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T03:00:08","slug":"chinas-weight-loss-drug-makers-take-on-global-giants-as-novo-nordisk-patent-expires-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148587","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s weight-loss drug makers take on global giants as Novo Nordisk patent expires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAt least 10 weight-loss injections and oral pills are lining up for regulatory approval in China, in a market projected to reach about US$14 billion by 2030.<br \/>\nNovo Nordisk\u2019s blockbuster semaglutide, which generated about US$35 billion in global revenue last year, lost patent protection in China on March 20, clearing the way for rivals.<br \/>\nThe rush comes as China\u2019s drug regulator accelerates approvals of innovative therapies, helped by a surge in out-licensing deals with global pharmaceutical&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/china-business\/article\/3347869\/chinas-weight-loss-drug-makers-take-global-giants-novo-nordisk-patent-expires?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAt least 10 weight-loss injections and oral pills are lining up for regulatory approval in China, in a market projected to reach about US$14&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148587"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}