Semaglutide Should Transform Novo Nordisk's Prospects, CSO Says

Novo Nordisk's investigational GLP-1 agonist semaglutide promises to elevate the Danish group's product offering and market position, its CSO says in an interview with Scrip.

Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen
Novo Nordisk CSO Sings Semaglutide's Praises • Source: Novo Nordisk A/S

Novo Nordisk AS's chief science officer believes the Danish diabetes fighter will claw back - and keep - bigger shares of an expanding diabetes market in coming years with new products, notably with its GLP-1 agonist semaglutide, which has patent protection until 2031 and is currently being tested in oral form.

The Denmark-based company has seen its US market share slip recently amid increased pricing pressures and stiff competition to its once-daily Victoza (liraglutide) from once-weekly products, like Eli Lilly & Co

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