Keyword: Insulin

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Sanofi Steps up Diabetes Drive as Rivals Raise the Stakes

07.06.2013 - In a leafy suburb of Frankfurt, a state-of-the-art plant churns out up to 1 million insulin pens every day in French drugmaker Sanofi's drive to keep its no. 2 spot in the $43...

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Sanofi to Step Up Development of New Diabetes Device

02.05.2013 - Sanofi is stepping up the development of a fixed combination of diabetes treatments Lantus and Lyxumia to sidestep an earlier setback with a similar pen device and take advantage...

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U.S. Launch of Novo's New Insulin Faces Long Delay

01.05.2013 - Denmark's Novo Nordisk could see the U.S. launch of its biggest drug hope, a new long-acting insulin, delayed until 2018 while it conducts more tests to satisfy regulators, it said...

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Novo Hikes Forecasts on Hopes for New Blockbuster Drug

31.01.2013 - The world's biggest insulin producer Novo Nordisk raised sales and profit forecasts for 2013 on hopes its new Tresiba drug will soon win approval in the United States and add...

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Novo Nordisk Raises Targets on Victoza, Insulin Demand

09.08.2012 - Denmark's Novo Nordisk hiked its full-year sales and profit targets after rising demand for diabetes drug Victoza and insulins helped the company beat second-quarter expectations...

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Novo Nordisk Hit by U.S. Delay to New Insulin Drug

08.06.2012 - Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk , the world's biggest insulin maker, said on Friday that U.S. health regulators had extended their review of its new ultra-long-acting insulin Tresiba...

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Sanofi Aims to Expand in Diabetes Market

01.06.2012 - Sanofi aims to build on its diabetes portfolio, which has so far relied on blockbuster insulin Lantus, with a wider range of treatments that could address not just the disease but...

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Novo's new Insulin Less Variable than Sanofi Rival

22.09.2010 - Novo Nordisk's experimental ultra-long-acting insulin degludec is up to four times less variable in its day-to-day effect than Sanofi-Aventis's established rival Lantus, data on...