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Novo Nordisk study: Degludec manages night-time low blood sugar levels better than glargine

October 2, 2012 6:02 am by | 0 Comments

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest insulin producer, said its insulin degludec had shown 43 percent lower rates of night-time low blood sugar levels than glargine from rival drugmaker Sanofi.

Novo Nordisk said in a statement the data was presented on Tuesday at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).

The data had been collected in a two-year phase IIIa study, Novo Nordisk said.

(Reporting by Mette Fraende)

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