Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
For 90 years Novo Nordisk, which has its UK headquarters in Crawley, has been saving the lives of millions of diabetics with its production of insulin.
The company, which is based at the Broadfield Business Park, first started treating patients in 1922, it now produces 50 per cent of the world?s insulin.
Since that groundbreaking moment, the company now focuses on developing new and better treatments and provides therapeutic treatments for an estimated 23 million people.
Staff celebrated the companies 90th birthday on Monday last week (February 18).
http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/ne...s-of-providing-insulin-to-diabetics-1-4838317
The company, which is based at the Broadfield Business Park, first started treating patients in 1922, it now produces 50 per cent of the world?s insulin.
Since that groundbreaking moment, the company now focuses on developing new and better treatments and provides therapeutic treatments for an estimated 23 million people.
Staff celebrated the companies 90th birthday on Monday last week (February 18).
http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/ne...s-of-providing-insulin-to-diabetics-1-4838317