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These 11 companies will be featured in the MedCity ENGAGE Innovation Showcase June 5-6 in Washington, D.C.

Already a diabetes drug, trial confirms weight loss application

Already a diabetes drug, trial confirms weight loss application

May 23, 2013 12:57 pm by | 0 Comments

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest insulin producer, said Phase III study results had shown people treated with its liraglutide drug had an 8 percent weight loss."These ... Read more

First phase III trial of Novo Nordisk’s hemophilia drug complete

First phase III trial of Novo Nordisk’s hemophilia drug complete

May 17, 2013 8:43 am by | 0 Comments

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest insulin producer, said on Friday it had completed the first phase III trial of a hemophilia drug, N9-GP.Novo Nordisk said in ... Read more


Lundbeck antidepressant gets boost from clinical trial

Lundbeck antidepressant gets boost from clinical trial

April 8, 2013 3:24 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Denmark's Lundbeck got a fresh boost for its experimental drug Brintellix on Monday when a clinical trial showed benefits over another medicine called agomelatine that is often used ... Read more

Innovative startup’s rare disease search engine could accelerate diagnoses

Innovative startup’s rare disease search engine could accelerate diagnoses

April 4, 2013 10:10 pm by | 1 Comments

A group of computer science studentshas developed a search engine for physicians to help identify rare disease symptoms. The idea is that it could speed up the painfully long process ... Read more

Lundbeck, Otsuka to work on new Alzheimer’s disease treatment

Lundbeck, Otsuka to work on new Alzheimer’s disease treatment

March 26, 2013 3:40 am by | 0 Comments

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish pharmaceutical group Lundbeck said on Tuesday it had agreed to work with Japan's Otsuka to develop and commercialize an Alzheimer's drug. The agreement covers its Lu ... Read more

Novo Nordisk “pleased” with obesity trial results

Novo Nordisk “pleased” with obesity trial results

March 18, 2013 8:03 am by | 0 Comments

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest insulin producer, said on Monday sufferers of Type 2 diabetes achieved 6 percent weight loss with one of their obesity drugs ... Read more

New hearing aid designed to boost amplification, reduce wind noise

New hearing aid designed to boost amplification, reduce wind noise

January 5, 2011 10:28 am by | 0 Comments

The hearing aid system is supposed to boost the outer ear's natural ability to direct and amplify high frequency sound and reduce wind noise. It's made by ReSound, a medical ... Read more


Danish pharmaceutical maker to license Orasi Medical technology

Danish pharmaceutical maker to license Orasi Medical technology

June 15, 2010 3:00 pm by | 0 Comments

Orasi Medical Inc. said Danish drugmaker H. Lundbeck A/S will use its software to test experimental drug compounds on the human brain.Spun out of the University of Minnesota, Orasi has ... Read more

Novo Nordisk’s NovoTwist needle wins Good Design Award from Japanese design organization

Novo Nordisk’s NovoTwist needle wins Good Design Award from Japanese design organization

October 27, 2009 4:51 pm by | 0 Comments

Novo Nordisk has won the Good Design Award from the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization for its NovoTwist needle. ... Read more