Top-selling diabetes drug continues to struggle: Novo Nordisk reports intermittent backorders worldwide

Higher-than-expected demand means that Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug, Ozempic, is experiencing intermittent backorders of various doses worldwide, which is expected to continue for the rest of 2023. 
Photo: George Frey/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: George Frey/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

It is not only in Denmark that Novo Nordisk continues to struggle to keep up with demand for its best-selling diabetes drug Ozempic, which in the first three months of the year alone sold for almost DKK 20bn (USD 3bn).

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