Novo Nordisk's best-selling diabetes drug expected to have soared in Q3

Ozempic, a diabetes treatment, will have seen an 80% sales growth in the year’s third quarter compared to the same time last year, according to estimates collected by the pharmaceutical firm itself.
Photo: Tidsvilde Stine/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Tidsvilde Stine/Ritzau Scanpix
by marketwire, translated by daniel pedersen

As Novo Nordisk is having trouble keeping up with demand for its obesity medicine, Wegovy, sales of diabetes type 2 treatment Ozempic are flying high. In the second quarter alone, the drug surpassed sales of DKK 14bn (USD 1.9bn), which was around DKK 1bn (USD 133m) over analysts’ expectations.

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