Novo Nordisk today announced clinical results from two 52-week phase 3a treat-to-target studies comparing Degludec, an ultra long-acting basal insulin, to insulin glargine in basal-bolus treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Basal-bolus treatment is comprised of treatment with long-acting (basal) insulin and a rapid-acting (bolus) insulin, and in both studies insulin aspart was used as the bolus insulin. These studies, as well as three additional studies reported today, are part of the largest clinical development programme ever conducted for an insulin.

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 Company Announcement no 71 / 2010