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Novo reported U.S. Levemir sales of 1.3 billion Danish crowns ($185 million) in 2023, less than 10% of sales in 2016, when Novo launched the higher-priced Tresiba as a successor product.
The announcement comes eight months after Novo said it would cut U.S. list prices for several of its insulin products next year, including a 65% reduction in the list price of Levemir, in response ...
The top of executive of Novo Nordisk told a Senate panel Tuesday it was a "difficult choice" to discontinue the long-acting insulin Levemir but he had to do so because of market forces.
Novo Nordisk A/S is a Danish multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Bagsværd [3] with production facilities in nine countries and affiliates or offices in five countries. Novo Nordisk is controlled by majority shareholder Novo Holdings A/S which holds approximately 28% of its shares and a majority (77%) of its voting shares. [4]
Insulin detemir, sold under the brand name Levemir among others, is a long-acting modified form of medical insulin used to treat both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. [6] It is used by injection under the skin . [ 6 ]
Novo Holdings A/S (formerly Novo A/S) [1] is the Novo Nordisk Foundation's wholly owned holding company for Novo Nordisk A/S and Novozymes A/S. Novo Holdings A/S was established in 1999 and manages the Novo Nordisk Foundation 's assets, which in 2023 was worth almost DKK 1,114 billion [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Danish Kroner (approximately US$163 billion).
The Novo spokesperson said in a statement to Reuters on Friday that Levemir was not discontinued due to "success" of the company's newer medicines Wegovy and Ozempic, widely prescribed for weight ...
Novo Nordisk last November said it would phase out and permanently discontinue its long-acting insulin Levemir in the U.S. by the end of the year, citing factors at the time including reduced ...