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Novo Nordisk has purchased licensing rights for yet another potential drug for the treatment of severe obesity and diabetes. (Archive photo). Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix

Novo invests in new Chinese weight loss drug

Novo Nordisk has entered into a licensing agreement with United Laboratories of China for a potential new weight loss drug that can also treat diabetes and other diseases. Novo has paid $200 million (approximately 1.4 billion Danish kroner) for the rights to develop, manufacture, and market the...

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