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James Emanuel's avatar

I did a deep dive on Novo Nordisk last week and reached a very similar conclusion - way too cheap, especially relative to Eli Lilly: https://rockandturner.substack.com/p/is-novo-nordisk-better-than-eli-lilly

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Kartik Srinivasan's avatar

A very nuanced piece of analysis! thank you! 2 Questions: 1) on the image you have from jeffries comapring NOvo to Eli Lilly, is it only oral dosage that we are looking at for Ozempic? 2) Any concerns on the lower guidance from their recent release? I hope its due to capacity contstraints and not market share loss..

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Ozeco's avatar

Very impressive and concise analysis of the rollercoaster that has been Novo Nordisk! I hope to get my deep dive out this weekend on the company and you helped me get my head around all the recent newsflow!

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Uros's avatar

Bravo! Very good analysis.

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Joel Sherwood's avatar

Fantastic breakdown. Though I still do like to read about ROCE and ROIC too. And really cool about Nordic family firms. I'm also interested in that. I clicked on the PDF and took a look at the paper. Well done. Any chance you know where to find a list of family-owned firms? And then with Novo - is it family-owned? I know it's run by a foundation with long-term focus, but I'm not too sure about the inner workings of that foundation. Thanks for any info you have here. And have a great rest of your day Arne.

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Gullasjio's avatar

Top read!

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Arne Ulland's avatar

Thank you! I ran out of words, but more could be said about Novo's product portfolio, especially when it comes to oral obesity drugs versus Orfo. The key development right now is that Eli has a product that's easy to mass-produce, comes with no restrictions, and is far less complex than Novo’s pipeline. Of course, everyone knows this narrative already, so that also gives Novo a chance to surprise on the upside. That’s exactly what I want to hear from Lars tomorrow: how are they thinking about scaling their pipeline?

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