Market Snapshot: Under Pressure, Insulin Makers Pin Hopes On New Products
Executive Summary
Bevy of new products like Novo Nordisk’s Tresiba offer some incremental improvements over older insulins, but in an increasingly crowded market, payers have the upper hand.
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