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16/07/2020at 00:16

Novo Nordisk bets on innovative insulin: "Many doctors said we were crazy"

Insulin has made its big comeback in Novo Nordisk's diabetes pipeline despite pricing pressure in the insulin market. Chief Science Officer Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen thinks the company's experimental insulins are innovative enough to make a breakthrough.
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BY KEVIN GRØNNEMANN, TRANSLATED BY IDA JACOBSEN

For the first time since the insulin market stagnated due to price pressure in the US – forcing Novo Nordisk to book a notorious downgrade in 2016 – the most talked-about drug in Novo Nordisk's diabetes pipeline is once again an insulin.

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