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Novo Nordisk New Prefilled Insulin Pen Receives EU Approval

The European Commission has approved Novo Nordisk's new prefilled insulin pen – FlexTouch for use in the EU. The approval is for NovoRapid® (insulin aspart) and Levemir® (insulin detemir) - both modern insulins currently delivered in FlexPen. FlexTouch, the latest prefilled delivery system from Novo Nordisk, offers a new insulin injection experience for users...

Levemir Better for Treating Young Children with Type 1 Diabetes Than Human Basal Insulin

New clinical trial data just published in Pediatric Diabetes shows that Levemir (insulin detemir), Novo Nordisk’s basal insulin analogue, is an equally efficacious treatment option for two to five year-old children with type 1 diabetes, compared with human basal insulin, but is associated with lower hypoglycemic risk. Children with type 1 diabetes who are aged under six years...

Novo Nordisk’s New Insulin Pen for Children Wins GOOD DESIGN Award

The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in cooperation with The European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies have chosen to award Novo Nordisk a 2010 GOOD DESIGN™ Awardfor the NovoPen Echo, a new insulin pen designed specifically with the needs of children in mind...

Novo Nordisk Presents Positive Phase 2 Data for Ultra-Long-Acting Insulin Degludec

According to a Novo Nordisk press release the company presented phase 2 proof-of-concept data for its investigational insulin degludec, an ultra-long-acting basal insulin, which demonstrated the potential to help achieve target glycemic control when used once daily or three times weekly. These data were presented at the 70th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in Orlando FL...

Type 1 Diabetic Potential to Create Own Insulin

Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School, working in collaboration with colleagues from Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the University of Brighton, have used a unique collection of pancreas specimens taken from patients who died soon after diagnosis of type 1 diabetes to show that they respond to the ongoing process of destruction by inducing their islet cells to proliferate...

Where Have You Flexed?

Novo Nordisk has announced an online insulin pen photo contest. The "Where Have You Flexed?" contest asks people who use the FlexPen to submit photos of themselves with their pen in unique locations. The grand prize winner will receive a trip for two to the Firestone Indy Lights championship in Miami on October 2 to see Charlie Kimball...