Zealand Nabs Novo Nordisk To Save Zegalogue Launch

Boosts Turnaround At Troubled Danish Firm

US approval for its hypoglycemia injection Zegalogue last year has not been converted into commercial success. Zealand will be hoping that having diabetes giant Novo Nordisk onboard will put that right.

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Deals delivered: CEO Adam Steensberg • Source: Zealand

Novo Nordisk A/S has been making moves of late to expand into cardiovascular and rare diseases but has returned to its diabetes roots to license the hypoglycemia injection Zegalogue from Zealand Pharma A/S, a fellow Danish firm that has been on the rocks of late.

Zealand has entered into a global license and development agreement with Novo to commercialize Zegalogue (dasiglucagon) which was approved by...

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