Novo Nordisk CEO: “We can’t solve the problem of expensive medicine alone”

On Tuesday, Novo Nordisk’s CEO, Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, took critical questions about the company’s prices at a Senate hearing in Washington. Senator Bernie Sanders wants Novo to “stop cheating”.

Novo Nordisk CEO, Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, was summoned by the US Senate at a hearing on drug prices. Photo: Novo Nordisk

The Copenhagen Post

Sep 25, 2024

While both Danes and the Danish government seem pleased with Novo Nordisk and the company’s enormous earnings, the large pharmaceutical company is not so popular in the US.Slimming drugs Wegovy and Ozempic are popular there too, but Novo’s prices are not. Hence, CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen was summoned in front of US senators in Washington […]

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Novo Nordisk CEO, Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, was summoned by the US Senate at a hearing on drug prices. Photo: Novo Nordisk

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