Despite promising research: Novo Nordisk will not test semaglutide in hip patients

The company has no plans to test the molecule’s effect on hip replacement - a patient group for which a study with semaglutide has shown promise.
Novo Nordisk has no current plans to test semaglutide's efficacy as an antibiotic in hip replacement surgery - a patient group for which a recent study with the molecule has shown promising results. | Photo: Lars Krabbe/Jyllands-Posten/Ritzau Scanpix
Novo Nordisk has no current plans to test semaglutide's efficacy as an antibiotic in hip replacement surgery - a patient group for which a recent study with the molecule has shown promising results. | Photo: Lars Krabbe/Jyllands-Posten/Ritzau Scanpix

Novo Nordisk’s fast-growing super-seller is in such high demand that production can’t keep up, and recently, new trial results indicate that the molecule behind Novo Nordisk’s success, semaglutide, may even have long-term potential in connection with hip surgery.

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