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ARNA vs NVO

Side-by-side comparison of Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ARNA) and Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both ARNA and NVO operate in Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations (Health Care), so they compete in similar markets.
  • NVO is the larger of the two at $191.82B, about 34.1x ARNA ($5.62B).
  • NVO has hit the wire 8 times in the past 4 weeks while ARNA has been quiet.
  • NVO has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 11 for ARNA).
MetricARNANVO
Company
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Novo Nordisk A/S
Price
$99.99+0.07%
$41.30-3.82%
Market cap
$5.62B
$191.82B
1M return
-
-9.74%
1Y return
-
-45.24%
Industry
Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
2000
News (4w)
0
8
Recent ratings
11
25
ARNA

Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on providing novel medicines with pharmacology and pharmacokinetics to patients worldwide. Its investigational clinical programs include Etrasimod (APD334) that is in Phase III clinical trial for ulcerative colitis, Phase IIb/III clinical trial for Crohn's disease, Phase II clinical trial for alopecia areata, Phase III clinical trial for atopic dermatitis, and Phase IIb clinical trial for eosinophilic esophagitis; Olorinab (APD371), which is in Phase IIb clinical trial for the treatment of abdominal pain associated with irritable bowel syndrome; APD418 that is in Phase I clinical trial for acute heart failure; and Temanogrel for coronary microvascular obstruction is in Phase II clinical trial. It also develops ralinepag (APD811), which is in Phase III clinical trial for pulmonary arterial hypertension. The company has collaboration agreements with Second Genome, Inc.; United Therapeutics Corporation; Everest Medicines Limited; Beacon Discovery; Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH; Eisai Co., Ltd.; Eisai Inc.; and Aristea Therapeutics, Inc. for the development of RIST4721 for treatment of serious immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Park City, Utah.

NVO

Novo Nordisk A/S

Novo Nordisk A/S, a healthcare company, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of pharmaceutical products worldwide. It operates in two segments, Diabetes and Obesity care, and Biopharm. The Diabetes and Obesity care segment provides products in the areas of insulins, GLP-1 and related delivery systems, oral antidiabetic products, obesity, and other chronic diseases. The Biopharmaceuticals segment offers products in the areas of haemophilia, growth disorders, and hormone replacement therapy. The company collaboration agreements with Lund University to develop treatment for Parkinson's diseases; and bluebird bio, Inc. to develop genome editing treatments for children and adult patients. Novo Nordisk A/S also has a research collaboration with Lumen Bioscience, Inc. to explore strategies for delivering oral biologics for cardiometabolic disease. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Bagsvaerd, Denmark.