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Novo Nordisk Divides R&D, Expects More Late-Stage Studies In 2021

CSO To Retire, And Rybelsus Sales Grow

 
• By John Davis

Novo Nordisk’s newer GLP1 products for diabetes, Ozempic and Rybelsus, drove the company’s sales growth in 2020, and with its CSO retiring after a two-decade shift, internal appointments are made to lead a reorganized R&D function.  

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Copenhagen, where the company is headquartered • Source: Shutterstock

Novo Nordisk A/S is to reorganize its R&D and split executive responsibilities for discovery and development following the retirement at the end of February of 30-year company veteran and current chief scientific officer Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen. He has been CSO of the Danish diabetes specialty company for the past 20 years. 

Apart from a division of the workload, the R&D strategy and M&A strategy of Novo Nordisk are not expected to change

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