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Novo Joins Hands with MSD in Oral Semaglutide Promotion
Novo Nordisk Pharma and MSD said on December 9 that they have entered into a sales collaboration pact to copromote the Danish diabetes powerhouse’s oral GLP-1 agent semaglutide in Japan.In Japan, once-daily oral semaglutide was filed in July this year…
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