Novo Nordisk enjoyed continued growth in Japan last year thanks to the bullish franchise of GLP-1 agent semaglutide, with strong demand to be supported by further manufacturing expansion, the company’s Japan President Kasper Bødker Mejlvang said on April 25. In…
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