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The oral form of the drug, known generically as semaglutide, is crucial for ensuring the group's long-term growth, as price pressure mounts in a crowded market targeting the world's 450 million diabetics.
Novo Nordisk’s once-weekly diabetes drug semaglutide has beaten Eli Lilly’s once-weekly therapy dulaglutide on reducing blood sugar and weight in patients taking part in a late-stage trial.