Danish diabetes powerhouse Novo Nordisk A/S notched up record Japan sales of 90.8 billion yen in 2016, up 2.1% year on year, driven by its long-acting insulin analog Tresiba (insulin degludec) and Victoza (liraglutide), a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist,…
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