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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.
Novo has another long-acting insulin, Tresiba, on the market. "Novo Nordisk will phase out, then permanently discontinue Levemir in the U.S. on December 31, 2024," the company said in a statement.
Novo Nordisk's decision has been criticized by some patients with Type 1 diabetes who prefer Levemir over other long-acting "basal" insulins such as Sanofi's Lantus and Novo Nordisk's Tresiba.
In the mid-2000s, ultralente insulin, along with lente insulin, was discontinued in the United States due to decreasing use in favor of NPH insulin and newer insulin products. [139] By 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had officially withdrawn approval for ultralente insulin products.
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 ]
Lente insulin products, along with other insulin analogs in the same family, were discontinued by their manufacturers in the mid-2000s, and are no longer permitted to be marketed for use in humans in the US. [3] [4] This was in part because health care providers began to favor more predictable forms of insulin, such as recombinant NPH insulin. [5]
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 A/S is a Danish multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Bagsværd, [3] with production facilities in nine countries and affiliates or offices in five. 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.