Tagged with Novo Nordis

Sweden 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 also breaks down the performance of the affiliate in its main therapeutic areas, as well as the positives and negatives…

Sweden 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 his view on Swedish healthcare today, which is striving to continue its strong tradition of collaboration. Although Sweden is struggling…

Korea 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 propelled Novo Nordisk forward in Korea, and how Novo Nordisk is working with patients and doctors to address the misconceptions…

Algeria The Top 20 Pharma Companies in Algeria based on sales in 2017. Sanofi is way out in front with USD 458.6 million in sales, followed by local champion El Kendi with USD 254.1 million and Danish diabetes specialist Novo Nordisk with USD 239.1 million.

Portugal 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 of business practices from Europe and New Jersey, and why patients should always be at the center of every process.…

Lithuania With over 120,000 people whose lives are affected by the disease in Lithuania; diabetes stands as one of the country’s major health issues today. Furthermore, as Marijus Valatka, general manager for Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia of Novo Nordisk – the world leader in insulin and diabetes drugs – explains, “Lithuania…

Brazil When combining the sheer size of Brazil – the fifth largest country in the world – with its tropical climate, its largely perfectible infrastructure, and the soaring importance of temperature sensitive biologicals, one understands the urgent need to develop solutions guaranteeing appropriate transport conditions in Brazil. “We may be vaguely…

UK Much of the new inward investment in the UK from international pharmaceutical companies is from those that wish their discovery science to be in close adjacency to the most successful basic science programmes in biomedicinein the world. The co-location of pharmaceutical discovery sciences adjacent to the best universities (AstraZeneca in Cambridge, Novo Nordisk…

India For multinational companies, despite ‘pharmerging markets’ not holding the hype and allure they once did, India still stands as a land of opportunity for a variety of reasons. Novartis India country president Jawed Zia points out that “India, in terms of demographics, is the youngest nation in the world. The…

Poland 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 patients. Furthermore, he discusses Novo Nordisk’s strong commitment to social responsibility in each country throughout the region and the need…

Lithuania 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 not only bring medicines to the market but also enhance the quality of treatment fort diabetes and other serious chronic…

Brazil 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 the country as well as their newly launched obesity treatment Saxenda®, which has seen tremendous success in Brazil. You took…