Paula Barriga – VP & GM, Novo Nordisk Portugal
Paula Barriga, VP & GM at Novo Nordisk Portugal, discusses the high prevalence of obesity, which affects over two million people in a country where none of the available pharmacological…
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Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with 89 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes care. The company also has leading positions within haemophilia care, growth hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy.
Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs approximately 33,300 employees in 75 countries, and markets its products in more than 190 countries including South East Asia. Novo Nordisk South East Asian HQ are located in Malaysia
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Paula Barriga, VP & GM at Novo Nordisk Portugal, discusses the high prevalence of obesity, which affects over two million people in a country where none of the available pharmacological…
Vikrant Shrotiya outlines how Novo Nordisk’s phenomenal recent global performance in obesity and diabetes has played out in India and the relevance of India to the global group. He also…
Novo Nordisk veteran and president of Greece’s leading industry organisation, the Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (SFEE), Olympios Papadimitriou speaks to PharmaBoardroom about the impact of the country’s economic comeback…
Novo Nordisk’s Latin America lead Allan Finkel outlines the “alarming” burden of diabetes and obesity in his region, the progress that has been made via national campaigns against diabetes, and…
Melvin D’Souza outlines the strategy that Novo Nordisk Saudi Arabia – the country’s market leader in diabetes care, obesity, hemophilia, and growth hormone treatment – is following and analyzes the…
Kasper Bødker Mejlvang oversees Novo Nordisk’s operations in its historic home market of Denmark, as well as Iceland. Here, Bødker Mejlvang explains his strategy for steering the Danish affiliate through…
Dr Burak Cem, Novo Nordisk Vice President and General Manager for Turkey, outlines the company’s big bet on Turkey as a future regional hub through deep investment in clinical trials,…
Novo Nordisk Singapore’s Praful Chakkarwar explains how he leverages his experience in a range of geographies in his current role, how COVID-19 has helped facilitate the affiliate’s digital transformation, the…
Novo Nordisk Switzerland’s Mads Stoustrup introduces the affiliate’s remarkable process on bringing innovative diabetes and obesity treatments to market in the past four years, the road still to travel to…
Axel De Muyt, general manager & VP of Novo Nordisk Belgium and Luxembourg, recounts his journey through the pharma industry, how he has been able to revive the company’s perspectives…
Cecilia Radu of Novo Nordisk Romania shares her tumultuous four years that have seen declining market share and have culminated in launching the company’s first new product onto the market…
Calin Galaseanu, recently appointed general manager of Novo Nordisk Hungary, elaborates on the country’s strong treatment paradigm for diabetes. He goes on to highlight Hungary’s key positioning as a strategic…
Steve Profit, general manager of Novo Nordisk Taiwan, shares a newcomers’ perspective as a recent transplant to the market from the company’s global office in Denmark. Profit goes on to…
John Dawber, vice president and general manager of Novo Nordisk Thailand, offers his first impressions of the Thai market since moving from Japan. Dawber explains the current challenges and areas…
Niels Abel Bonde, general manager of Novo Nordisk Sweden, explains the strategic significance of the Swedish market as an innovation-driven environment ideal to run pilot launches and real-world studies. He…
Dr Göran A. Ando, former chairman of Novo Nordisk and a Swedish life sciences industry veteran, recently moved back to his home country after over 35 years abroad. He shares…
Rana Azfar, vice-president & general manager of Novo Nordisk Korea offers his impressions of the Korean market since moving from Pakistan. Azfar discusses how the most innovative insulin products have…
Olga Insua, the new American general manager for Novo Nordisk Portugal, fresh off the plane from Spain, provides an exclusive insight into her impressive career at the company, the blending…
Drago Vuina, corporate vice-president of Novo Nordisk Eastern Europe, highlights Poland as the most significant market in the region and the on-going commitment to make innovative treatment options available for…
Marijus Valatka, general manager Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia at Novo Nordisk, explains the current challenges and areas for improvement in diabetes treatment in Lithuania and stresses the company’s commitment to…
Allan Finkel, recently voted Novo Nordisk’s best GM globally, speaks about the partnerships and projects that the Brazilian affiliate organizes with doctors and patient associations to increase diabetes awareness in…
Jean-François Courtet, who has been leading the Tunisian affiliate of Novo Nordisk as general manager for three years, discusses the prevalence of diabetes and lack of awareness thereof in Tunisia,…
Jean-François Courtet, who has been leading the Tunisian affiliate of Novo Nordisk as general manager for three years, discusses the prevalence of diabetes and lack of awareness thereof in Tunisia,…
Brian Hilberdink, President of Novo Nordisk Canada, highlights the key role that Canada plays as a pilot market for exporting best practices globally, the focus that Novo Nordisk is placing…
Mogens Guldberg, general manager of Novo Nordisk Austria, the Danish global powerhouse focused on innovative diabetic treatments, provides a unique insight into the obstacles associated with launching innovative products in…
Alexander Boiko, general manager of Novo Nordisk Ukraine, provides insights into the recent progress and remaining room for improvement in Ukraine’s health capacity when it comes to preventing, diagnosing, and…
Diabetes is well managed in Switzerland’s patient-centric healthcare system, yet with new data showing Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 has strong cardiovascular benefits, the company is working to drive a change in…
Peter Ulvskjold, the Corporate Vice President of International Operations in Southeast Asia, highlights the challenges in the region facing diabetics and how Novo Nordisk is working to close the gaps…
A native of Serbia, Aleksandar Ciric provides his first impressions of the Slovak market and business atmosphere, emphasizing the transparency and market accessibility. His current priority at Novo Nordisk is to…
In Mexico, more than 13 million people live with diabetes, while 71 percent of the total population have obesity or are overweight. Morten Vaupel, vice-president and general manager of Novo…
In part two of an exclusive interview, Novo Nordisk’s Maziar Mike Doustdar expands on the potential of emerging markets to foster innovation, managing risk, local partnerships, and the company’s unwavering commitment to…
In part one of an exclusive interview (part two here), Novo Nordisk’s Maziar Mike Doustdar explains the significance of the 141 countries in the company’s IO region to global operations…
Novo Nordisk Hungary GM Zsolt Jozsa highlights the growing prevalence of diabetes in Hungary, the gap in treatment options that the company is striving to close with Tresiba and Xultophy,…
Dr. Costas Piliounis discusses the importance of containing diabetes, the dampening effects budget ceilings have on companies’ performance and growth potential, as well as the positive influence which changes currently…
In Egypt’s diverse marketplace, Novo Nordisk is bringing care to patients across the country with a range of products ranging from affordable established insulin to their most recent generation of innovative…
In a market under strong pressures to contain costs, launching innovative products in a crowded market can be a challenge. Novo Nordisk GM Sanne Groenemeijer believes his organization’s willingness to…
Novo Nordisk Turkey has taken a degree of leadership by working to facilitate and encourage cooperation and collaboration between different stakeholders in the diabetes management ecosystem. For general manager Şebnem…
Novo Nordisk’s market access and public affairs director discusses the state of diabetes management in Mexico, highlighting the government’s recent commitment to tackle this public health issue and the company’s…
The corporate vice president for the Africa region of the multinational at the forefront of the fight against diabetes in Algeria outlines in detail the steps being taken to confront a…
The new country manager of the multinational at the forefront of the fight against diabetes in Algeria sheds light on some of the creative strategies employed to spread the word about diabetes…
The global COO of the multinational at the forefront of the fight against diabetes explains why the Algerian market is so strategically important and how the ‘made in Algeria’ brand would…
Novo Nordisk Malaysia’s general manager shares the ongoing fight to cure diabetes and talks about the necessity to raise awareness, with for instance their current MoU with the ministry of…
PharmaBoardroom first interviewed Erik Lommerde as general manager of Novo Nordisk Netherlands four years ago. In his new role as general manager of Novo Nordisk Spain & Portugal, he discusses…
In a world where diabetes increasingly more common, Poland has not been spared, with 2.5 million diabetic patients currently, and with a further 750,000 still unaware of their condition. In…
Christine Marie D. Rosal, Country Manager of Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals (Philippines) gives a startling image of the current state of diabetes in the Philippines, the major reasons behind the soaring…
Carlos Manuel González Parra discusses the progress Novo Nordisk has made as a newcomer to the Colombian market and its hopes and intentions for the future. One of the main…
Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Rebien Sørensen discusses the company’s commitment to curing diabetes, his own history with the organisation, and the values that have served Novo Nordisk so well in their…
As Novo Nordisk is celebrating its 90 year anniversary this year, may you please begin this interview by discussing how the company, since its beginning, has changed the face of…
Novo Nordisk is primarily known as the premier global diabetes player—so let us begin by examining the realities of diabetes in Ireland. In 2012, the International Diabetes Federation estimated that…
Can you start by commenting on the state of diabetes in Australia at present? According to 2011 statistics nearly one million Australians have diabetes and about half of those are…
Looking into your background, we see that you have developed your career in the local industry’s top 3 players: Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Novartis until assuming your position as General Manager…
Would you like to provide our international readers with a brief introduction into Novo Nordisk’s Turkish affiliate? As you may know, Novo Nordisk has a rich history of over 85…
The story of Novo Nordisk South Africa began in 1959 in Johannesburg. It was among the first affiliates outside of Denmark, with insulin and anti-infectives produced locally. To what extent…
You have become the head of Novo Nordisk’s operations in Romania in March 2008. Can you first give our readers an idea on how the market environment was at that…
Diabetes affects an estimated 6 million Brazilians, a figure which is expected to double by 2025, in line with many other developing nations. Like many other “rich-country” diseases, there is…
Novo Nordisk is one of the very few pharmaceutical multinationals that has such a strong focus on one therapeutic area. Although the company is now diversifying, diabetes remains its leading…
Coincidentally, our meeting today comes two days after World Diabetes Day. How was this day commemorated in the Netherlands and how does it attest to the acceptance and awareness of…
Novo Nordisk seems somewhat of an exception to the MNCs that recently entered India, as it already set up its HQ in Bangalore in 1994. How do you explain this…
Novo Nordisk seems somewhat of an exception to the MNCs that recently entered India, as it already set up its HQ in Bangalore in 1994. How do you explain this…
Novo Nordisk just celebrated 50 years in France; what have been some of the more recent events that have marked the affiliate’s time here? If you look from the perspective…
Mexico is number one in child obesity and number two in adult obesity in the world. This is one of the reasons that diabetes is rapidly increasing and the Mexican…
Novo Nordisk is one of the very few pharmaceutical multinationals that have a strong focus on one therapeutic area. Although the company has a presence in other disease areas, diabetes…
We found a Capital Markets Day presentation from Novo Nordisk that talked about the “rule of halves” – that of all people with diabetes, 50% of diagnosed, and of those…
Novo Nordisk’s largest insulin production facility outside of Denmark is in Latin America, in Brazil. Can you explain the strategic importance of this for Argentina, and how Novo Nordisk is…
We understand that you have been with Novo Nordisk for quite a while already. In the past decade, you also did not sit still in terms of location, working in…
Novo Nordisk has a long history in Serbia compared to many of the other multinational companies present in the country today. The separate entity Novo Nordisk d.o.o was founded in…
Novo Nordisk announced last year the development of an insulin plant in the Kaluga region not far from Moscow. What is the strategic significance of this plant, both for the…
Apart from Poland being a 40 million population market, with double digit growth, Mr. Kuczynski of Pierre Fabre was telling us that the main opportunity of the Polish market lies…
This year’s Q1 results for Novo Nordisk were extremely positive with a 23% increase in profit. While this growth was mostly driven by the US and emerging markets, what does…
Given that Asia is leading growth in the global pharmaceutical market, how is Novo Nordisk represented in the Asia-Pacific region and what is the importance of the Philippines within the…
Novo Nordisk is one of the few pharmaceutical multinationals focused in one key therapeutic area. Perhaps you could start by telling our readers about how diabetes has evolved in Taiwan…
Many companies that are focused in the diabetes segment have recognised the need to strengthen their operations in emerging markets, due to the increased prevalence of the disease in countries…
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