Novo Nordisk receives positive opinion for Fiasp-drug in EU

Saturday, November 12, 2016

Danish insulin maker Novo Nordisk Says receives positive opinion from the European regulatory authorities, Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), for Fiasp (fast-acting insulin aspart) for the treatment of adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Says expects to receive final marketing authorisation from European commission in the first quarter of 2017.

Says Novo Nordisk has developed Fiasp as a mealtime insulin with an earlier and greater glucose-lowering effect than NovoRapid (insulin aspart).

 

Source : reuters.com