Roche Holding said it would pay Danish biotechnology research company Zealand Pharma up to $5.3 billion under an agreement to co-develop a weight-loss treatment as the companies double down on ...

Roche and Zealand Pharma in March struck a deal worth up to $5.3 billion to co-develop and co-commercialize amylin analog petrelintide as a potentially "next generation" weight loss drug.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The ballooning obesity drug market may have a new contender after Roche struck a $5.3 billion deal to develop Danish biotech Zealand Pharma's "next generation" weight ...