Results for its new CagriSema drug, while promising, fell below expectations, sending shares of the pharmaceutical giant down double digits in premarket trading. CagriSema, a drug that Novo Nordisk had hoped would become its next generation weight-loss aid,

Novo Nordisk’s latest attempt in weight loss, a combination drug called CagriSema, matched the bar set by Lilly’s currently approved medicine, Zepbound, but didn’t cleanly surpass it in late-stage clinical trial findings reported Friday.

The Ozempic maker's stock tanked after its highly anticipated CagriSema drug trial showed an average of 22.7% weight loss, below expectations for 25%.