Home
You can view the current or previous issues of Diabetes Health online, in their entirety, anytime you want.
Click Here To View
See if you qualify for our free healthcare professional magazines. Click here to start your application for Pre-Diabetes Health, Diabetes Health Pharmacist and Diabetes Health Professional.
Latest Diabetes Articles
Popular Diabetes Articles
Highly Recommended Diabetes Articles
Email to a Friend
Send a link to this page to your friends and colleagues.
Giants Join Forces
Novo Nordisk, the world's largest insulin producer, and LifeScan, Inc., the leading maker of blood glucose monitoring systems, have announced a worldwide alliance to enhance diabetes management solutions.
Under the agreement, the companies will work together to bring two complimentary product lines to people with diabetes-Novo Nordisk's insulin products and future oral hypoglycemic agents, and LifeScan's blood glucose meters. The details of the union will be determined on a country-by-country basis.
"By jointly marketing with Novo Nordisk," says LifeScan president Richard Wiesner, "we will be able to benefit from each other's strengths in providing people with diabetes and health professionals with simple, accessible solutions to their diabetes management needs."
LifeScan, an American company, brings extensive knowledge of the U.S. blood glucose monitoring market to the partnership. Novo Nordisk's experience in other countries, especially Europe and Japan, will help LifeScan globalize its activities. The alliance will offer people a complete diabetes management option that stresses the combination of therapeutics and glucose monitors, as well as educational material, therapeutic guidelines, and compliance programs.
Says Mads Ovlisen, president and CEO of Novo Nordisk, "With the application of optimal treatment guidelines, which include the availability and correct use of drugs and blood glucose monitoring systems, quality of care will increase and costs decrease."
Categories: Blood Glucose, Diabetes, General, Insulin, Novo Nordisk
You May Also Be Interested In...
-
Diabetes Health
Diabetes Health is the essential resource for people living with diabetes- both newly diagnosed and experienced as well as the professionals who care for them. We provide balanced expert news and information on living healthfully with diabetes. Each issue includes cutting-edge editorial coverage of new products, research, treatment options, and meaningful lifestyle issues.
-
Topics
- Diabetic / Diabetes Health
- Type 1 / 1.5 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Blood Glucose / Sugar
- High/Low Blood Sugar / Fast Acting Glucose
- Insulin- Pumps, Pens & Syringes
- Continuous Glucose Monitors, CGM, Infusion Sets
- Type 2 Medications
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypoglycemia
Comments
Add your comments about this article below. You can add comments as a registered user or anonymously. If you choose to post anonymously your comments will be sent to our moderator for approval before they appear on this page. If you choose to post as a registered user your comments will appear instantly.
When voicing your views via the comment feature, please respect the Diabetes Health community by refraining from comments that could be considered offensive to other people. Diabetes Health reserves the right to remove comments when necessary to maintain the cordial voice of the diabetes community.
For your privacy and protection, we ask that you do not include personal details such as address or telephone number in any comments posted.
Don't have your Diabetes Health Username? Register now and add your comments to all our content.
Register...
Register your Diabetes Health Username here.
Have Your Say...