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Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk said it will present new cardiometabolic disease data, including results from its SELECT trial, at the annual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions from Nov. 11-13.

The maker of insulin pumps has been trying to ease investor concerns that strong demand for a new class of diabetes drugs that also aid in weight loss could hit the sales of Insulet’s insulin pumps.

The company is ramping up its in-house manufacturing capacity to fill injection pens for its diabetes drug Ozempic and for the European version of its hugely popular weight-loss drug Wegovy, a senior executive told Reuters on Thursday.

Lilly shares have rallied over 60% this year to make it the world’s most valuable healthcare company by market cap as investors bet on Mounjaro’s success.

The company’s new campaign, “Countdown at a Crossroads” featuring TV host Sherri Shepherd, shines a spotlight on how CGM technology can help people living with diabetes improve health outcomes and have a better quality of life.

The safety panel reviewed data from Novo’s popular diabetes drug Ozempic and weight loss treatment Wegovy, which contain the same active ingredient, semaglutide.

The patients were reported to have suffered hypoglycaemia and seizures, serious side effects that indicate the product contained insulin instead of Ozempic’s active ingredient semaglutide, the health safety regulator BASG said on Monday.

“We have told doctors that they must reserve this drug for their patients who have type 2 diabetes but we see that this strategy does not work,” Belgian federal health minister Franck Vandenbroucke told Belgian broadcaster RTBF.

Klick Labs scientists discover voice tech as potential game changer in Type 2 diabetes detection.

FreeStyle Libre, the company’s glucose monitoring (CGM) device used mainly by type 1 diabetes patients, brought in sales of about $1.4 billion in the third quarter, up 30.5%, and accounting for nearly 14% of the company’s revenue.