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Novo Nordisk's "Employee Diet" Trims Workforce By 9,000

09-11-2025 06:26 PM CET | Business, Economy, Finances, Banking & Insurance

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Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO) just put 9,000 employees on the chopping block [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/novo-just-fired-9-000-172419344.html] in what it's calling an effort to "reduce complexity." Translation: the world's onetime obesity drug darling is cleaning house after years of chasing growth that turned into bloat.

A year ago, Novo was Europe's most valuable company, sitting atop the GLP-1 boom like a king fattened on its own miracle cure. Today, it's a retrenchment story. The stock is off nearly 60% from its peak. Eli Lilly has seized U.S. market share with better-branded, more aggressively priced rivals. And investors are still stinging from a profit warning that shredded guidance.

The 11% workforce cut [https://qz.com/ozempic-novo-nordisk-9000-jobs-weight-loss-drug-eli-lilly]- about 5,000 of them in Denmark -comes with a $1.25 billion annual savings target by 2026. Wall Street tends to applaud "blood sacrifices," so the short-term reaction may even look positive. But this isn't just payroll trimming. Novo is pairing the layoffs with $1.3 billion in write-offs from canceled R&D programs and shuttered facilities. That's the sound of a company retreating from bets it can no longer afford.

Where did it go wrong? Two glaring misses stand out. First, the competition. Lilly didn't just show up-it showed up with products that are cheaper, better marketed, and perfectly timed to the American consumer craze around weight loss. Novo, for all its scientific firepower, moved too slowly in repositioning itself from diabetes stalwart to mass-market obesity juggernaut. Second, execution. Supply chain hiccups, trial delays, and unforced errors chipped away at investor confidence. In pharmaceuticals, the science is only half the battle; the narrative carries the multiple. Novo let the narrative slip.

Now, under new CEO Maziar Mike Doustdar, the company is trying to rewrite that narrative. The cuts are being sold as "reducing complexity" so capital can be redirected into U.S. commercial channels and late-stage obesity assets. Novo is also pouring billions into new manufacturing capacity in North Carolina to crank out more Wegovy pens. It's a strategy shift toward depth rather than breadth, but it comes with real risks.

For 2025, operating profit guidance has already been cut in half-down to 4-10% growth versus the 16-24% management was promising not long ago. That's a gut punch for a market accustomed to double-digit momentum stories. Investors may accept near-term austerity, but patience wears thin quickly if the pipeline doesn't deliver.

The long-term picture is still enticing. Obesity remains a $100 billion-plus market opportunity by 2030, and the GLP-1 class is entrenched as a standard of care. If Novo stabilizes, it maintains a seat in a lucrative duopoly alongside Lilly. But if it stumbles again, it risks becoming the MySpace of weight-loss pharma-remembered for opening the market only to lose it.

The moral of the story? Cutting 9,000 jobs may look like discipline, but it's no miracle cure. Novo must prove it can compete on price, scale, and story. Until then, expect volatility, investor skepticism, and yes, probably more layoffs dressed up as "agility."

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