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Novo Nordisk - Belgium 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 of Novo Nordisk BeLux less than a year ago. What motivated you to join the company back in 2010 and…

Novo Nordisk South Africa 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 has the company diversified over the years, and what are the core focuses of the company today? Diabetes has always…

Novo Nordisk Romania 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 time? With regards to the national program for diabetes, 2007 was a year of big changes. Most importantly, drug medicines…

Novo Nordisk Brazil 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 a tendency for its sudden prevalence to result in less-than-adequate treatment profiles. What have you observed here in Brazil? The…

Novo Nordisk BV 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 diabetes in this country? What you see in the Netherlands now are various stakeholders trying to get a “piece of…

Novo Nordisk Italy 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 cause. Could you give us a brief overview of the evolution of diabetes in your country compared to the other…

Novo Nordisk India Private Limited 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 relatively early entry? Traditionally, Novo Nordisk’s strategy has been to be in the market very early. We aspire to create…

Novo Nordisk India Private Limited 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 relatively early entry? Traditionally, Novo Nordisk’s strategy has been to be in the market very early. We aspire to create…

Novo Nordisk France 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 of the affiliate which includes both our office here in Paris and production center in Chartres then we have doubled…

Novo Nordisk Mexico 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 government has made its treatment a priority. Do you think Mexico is adequately equipped for this phenomenal prevalence? There has…

Novo Nordisk Thailand 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 remains its leading cause. Could you give us a brief overview of the evolution of diabetes in Thailand compared to…

Novo Nordisk China 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 50% have access to care, and of those 50% get decent care, and finally 50% of those reach their targets.…