
On Friday, Novo Nordisk reports that global sales growth will be negatively affected by a 3 percent sales growth decrease in 2022 because of a new Chinese insulin tender model, resulting in lower prices and volumes of insulin sold in China.
However, the impact is less pronounced than the market's prediction following Novo Nordisk's previous forecast, which was released in connection with its third quarterly report, assesses Senior Equity Analyst at Sydbank Søren Løntoft Hansen.
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