Novo confident in heart safety of new insulin

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Novo Nordisk said it was confident about the safety of new ultra long-acting insulin degludec, after news a U.S. panel is to examine its heart risks sent the Danish group's shares lower.

"They want to discuss whether there is a (cardiovascular) risk. Our assessment is that there is not," chief scientific officer Mads Krogsgaard told Reuters on Friday.

U.S. regulators have disclosed that a panel would focus on November 8 on the cardiovascular safety of the product, which Novo, the world's biggest insulin maker, plans to market as Tresiba.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/26/us-novonordisk-us-idUKBRE89P0HV20121026
 
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