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Novo to End Sales of Victoza in Japan, Fourth GLP-1 to Exit Market
Novo Nordisk Pharma said it will discontinue sales of Victoza (liraglutide) — Japan’s first GLP-1 receptor agonist — around the second half of 2026, marking the fourth withdrawal in the drug class from the domestic market. The company began notifying…
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