How Novo Revitalized Its Rare Disease Operations

There is more to the Danish major than diabetes and Ludovic Helfgott gave In Vivo an insight to the firm’s ambitious plans for its renamed rare diseases division.

Ludovic Helfgott
Ludovic Helfgott • Source: Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk A/S may be best known for its diabetes and obesity businesses, but the Danish group is determined to make its presence more keenly felt in the rare diseases space; an area in which it has been active for over four decades.

The Copenhagen-headquartered group announced at a recent capital markets day that it has changed the name of its biopharm franchise to Novo Nordisk Rare Disease. The new division is headed...

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