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Stop paying for your employees’ and their spouses’ Wegovy prescriptions, Novo Nordisk was told

In a DR report, experts have voiced concerns saying the reimbursement given to around 21,000 employees and their respective spouses in Denmark goes against the law...

35,687 chlamydia cases among 15 to 29-year-olds were recorded last year, Sex & Samfund has revealed

In collaboration with the safe sex advocacy group, Statens Serum Institut senior physician Steen Hoffmann told Ritzau, “Chlamydia is the most widespread sexually transmitted infectious...

Diabetics living in Langeland are urged to come forward to have their feet checked for dangerous sores

A screening initiative mooted by Region Syddanmark to prevent foot ulcers and amputations, “Foot på Langeland” has already received 200 applications. Svendborg Hospital vascular...

Novo Nordisk continues to soar as it brings in 166 billion DKK in turnover for the first nine months of this year

In a press release, the Danish pharmaceutical company well known for its weight loss and diabetes drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy, said the latest figures showed...

Patients who want the weight loss drug Wegovy should have a BMI of over 35

Patients who want the weight loss drug Wegovy should have a BMI of over 35, experts say. In a DR report, the Danish Society for General...