Live Roundups Editor's Desk Insights Executive Ops Weather About 🔍
Home › Science › The Icelandic DNA Behind Amgen’s Hunt for the Next Ozempic
Science

The Icelandic DNA Behind Amgen’s Hunt for the Next Ozempic

Bloomberg Markets Monday 02 November 2026, 05:00 UTC 1 min read
Key Points

The Icelandic DNA Behind Amgen’s Hunt for the Next Ozempic Amgen's best chance at breaking into the high-stakes obesity drug market got its start in a basement at the University of Iceland Science Park in Reykjavík, in a freezer chilled to minus-13 degrees Fahrenheit. Bloomberg's Madison Muller explains.

Nov 2nd, 2026 The Icelandic DNA Behind Amgen’s Hunt for the Next Ozempic Amgen's best chance at breaking into the high-stakes obesity drug market got its start in a basement at the University of Iceland Science Park in Reykjavík, in a freezer chilled to minus-13 degrees Fahrenheit. Bloomberg's Madison Muller explains.
Icelandic (ORG) Hunt (PERSON) the Next Ozempic Nov 2nd, 2026 (ORG) the Next Ozempic Amgen's (ORG) the University of Iceland Science Park (ORG) Reykjavík (LOCATION) Bloomberg (ORG) Madison Muller (PERSON)
Originally published by Bloomberg Markets Read original →

Related Stories

Gold price prediction: What's the outlook for gold rates for this week?

Gold price prediction today: Gold prices are likely to continue trading sideways with a downward bias, says Manav Modi, Senior Analyst, Commodity Research at Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. Let’s take a look at his detailed analysis:Gold enters week near Rs 138,500 after extending its October correction, with the hourly structure continuing to reflect a clear sequence of lower highs and lower lows.

Times of India 29m ago

Sportspeople back Dobbin's PM plea on ME funding

A total of 360 sportspeople sign a letter calling on the prime minister to meet Beth Dobbin and increase funding towards ME research.

BBC Sport 29m ago

Woman who flew with swans warns of lead danger

Sacha Dench, known as the "human swan", welcomes new laws banning the sale of lead ammunition.

BBC Science 38m ago

'The Sea God Surveys': Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese Earth-observing satellite today

'The Sea God Surveys': Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese Earth-observing satellite today Rocket Lab will launch its 99th mission to date today (Nov. 2), and you can watch the action live. An Electron rocket is scheduled to lift off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site today, during a window that opens at 11:30 a.m. EST (1630 GMT; 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 3 local New Zealand time), The mission, which Rocket Lab calls "The Sea God Surveys," will carry an Earth-observing radar satellite for the Japanese...

Space.com 40m ago