
The Reimbursement Committee, which advises the the Danish Medicines Agency on drug reimbursements, has proposed a reassessment of the drug Fiasp, and the company behind the product, Novo Nordisk, has voiced its opposition to the change.
The committee proposes that the fast-acting insulin should receive conditional reimbursement as opposed to a general reimbursement, which would mean that a smaller group of patients would have access to the drug.
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