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With Ozempic Listing in Limbo, Novo Japan Chief Says Single-Dose Device Launch Unlikely This Year
Ole Moelskov Bech, Japan president of Danish diabetes powerhouse Novo Nordisk, said on April 16 that this year’s launch is unlikely for new single-dose devices of its once-weekly GLP-1 agent Ozempic (semaglutide), which are now being developed to comply with…
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