New trial data showed the drug helped obese or overweight type 2 diabetics lose an average 15.7% of their weight, when an earlier study recorded 22.7%.

Denmark: CagriSema has demonstrated superior weight loss in adults with obesity or overweight and type 2 diabetes in the REDEFINE 2 trial, Novo Nordisk said in a release.The headline results

Key Takeaways Novo Nordisk's U.S.-listed shares fell Monday after it released the latest results for its developmental weight loss drug CagriSema.The average weight loss among those taking the new drug was 15.

Novo Nordisk on Monday revealed weaker-than-expected data from a second late-stage trial of its obesity drug candidate CagriSema, knocking shares and stoking worries that rival Eli Lilly may be gaining an edge over the company in the weight-loss drugs market.