Chinese authorities have approved Novo Nordisk's Ozempic

In April, Novo Nordisk received marketing authorization in China for the drug Ozempic, which is the firm’s newest injection-based GLP-1 product.
Photo: Novo Nordisk / PR
Photo: Novo Nordisk / PR
BY MIKKEL AABENHUS HEMMINGSEN, TRANSLATED BY NIELSINE NIELSEN

More than three years after the injection-based treatment Ozempic was approved in the EU and the US, Chinese authorities have now approved the treatment, according to Novo Nordisk's interim report for the first quarter of 2021, which was published early Wednesday.

Already a subscriber?Log in here

Read the whole article

Get access for 14 days for free. No credit card is needed, and you will not be automatically signed up for a paid subscription after the free trial.

With your free trial you get:

  • Access all locked articles
  • Receive our daily newsletters
  • Access our app
  • Must be at least 8 characters, including three of: Uppercase, lowercase, numbers, symbols
    Must contain at least 2 characters
    Must contain at least 2 characters

    Get full access for you and your coworkers

    Start a free company trial today

    Share article

    Sign up for our newsletter

    Stay ahead of development by receiving our newsletter on the latest sector knowledge.

    Newsletter terms

    Front page now

    Further reading