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Novo Nordisk buys UK biotech startup for $800M, fueling blockbuster hopes for “smart” insulin. This Danish behemoth is a smart Buy.

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The News: Novo Nordisk A/S (Bagsvaerd) has acquired UK start-up Ziylo Ltd. (Bristol) in a deal worth up to $800 million in a bid to develop the world’s first “smart”… Read more »

Ablynx soars 60% on Novo’s latest hostile bid; grab a piece of this Belgian biotech because the real action’s just starting.

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The News: Denmark’s Novo Nordisk A/S (Copenhagen), the world’s biggest insulin maker, went public Monday (January 8, 2018) with a €2.6-billion ($3.1 billion) bid for Belgian biotech group Ablynx NV… Read more »

After Trump’s charge of “getting away with murder,” J&J, other Pharmas scramble to tout price restraints; but who’s kidding whom?

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Steve’s Take: I thought the pharma business, like any other, was built on the bedrock precept of: charge what the market will bear, until you’re forced to pull back the… Read more »

Novo Nordisk to cap price increases as drug costs face more scrutiny; do two drugmakers equal a trend?

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With drug companies under fire over prices, the world’s largest insulin maker plans to limit increases and join competitors by introducing a model that ties the cost of medicines to… Read more »