Novo Nordisk EVP: Semaglutide can double obesity business in few years

Now that the FDA has approved Novo Nordisk's semaglutide as an injection treatment for obesity, the pharmaceutical company expects to double its sales of obesity drugs.
Novo Nordisk EVP, Head of Development, Martin Holst Lange | Photo: Novo Nordisk / PR
Novo Nordisk EVP, Head of Development, Martin Holst Lange | Photo: Novo Nordisk / PR
BY MAIKEN REIMER RØNNEBERG, TRANSLATED BY NIELSINE NIELSEN

Now that Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has an approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in place, Novo Nordisk is ready to launch the obesity drug Wegovy on the US market in late June.

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