Novo Nordisk has agreed to buy Emisphere Technologies for $1.8 billion, as it continues its quest to develop diabetes medicines that can be taken as pills.
Novo Nordisk has launched its type 2 diabetes pill Rybelsus (semaglutide) in the UK, after cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE decided that there was no need to review it.
Denmark’s Novo Nordisk has beaten profit forecasts in the second quarter after overcoming tough conditions in the diabetes market by improving its productivity.
Bristol-Myers Squibb $74 billion takeover of Celgene saw it shoot up the list of top 20 pharma companies by market cap into the top 10, according to a new analysis by GlobalDat