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Connecting in Kyoto

What innovations Novo Nordisk found in its third summit with Japanese researchers

March 24, 2017 6:36 PM UTC

While Novo Nordisk A/S is banking on its clinical pipeline and late-stage M&A to rejuvenate its P&L, a recent “innovation summit” with Japanese researchers shows the company hasn’t given up hunting for academic science.

Novo held its third closed-door summit in Japan late last year - a meeting where selected academics presented to the company’s senior research management...