Danish health minister to answer questions about Novo Nordisk sponsorship of patient group

The Danish minister for health has six business days to answer questions posed by a parliamentarian.

Minister for the Interior and Health of Denmark Sophie Løhde must answer questions concerning Novo Nordisk's funding of a Danish patient group | Photo: Ida Marie Odgaard

by mikkel aabenhus hemmingsen, translated by daniel pedersen

The marketing case concerning Novo Nordisk’s sponsorship of an independent Danish patient organization, Adipositasforeningen (”The Association of Severe Obesity”), now lands itself in front of Danish Minister for Health Sophie Løhde.

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