Health-care companies fell amid fears of pharmaceutical drug-price controls. NovoNordisk's Ozempic is "very likely" to be one the next drugs to have its price slashed in bargaining with the U.S.
The weight-loss market is heating up as a number of companies are looking for a way to upend the dominance of market leaders Novo Nordisk ( NVO) and Eli Lilly ( LLY) by introducing GLP-1 pills.