Tag: danish

  • Monsanto ally Novozymes sees opportunity, risk in Bayer merger

    Novozymes , already grappling with the consequences of low oil and crop prices, is watching anxiously to see what Bayer's purchase of Monsanto will mean for the Danish group's ties with its key agricultural partner. Chief Executive Peder Holk Nielsen said in an interview that a merged Bayer-Monsanto could extend the market for the company's…

  • Novo plans larger study after encouraging semaglutide results

    By Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Novo Nordisk's experimental injectable diabetes drug semaglutide reduced cardiovascular risk by 26 percent, according to results released on Friday, paving the way for a new and bigger study on the drug's benefits. Semaglutide is the third diabetes drug to show such heart benefits, after Novo's Victoza injectable and Eli…

  • Japan confronts disability stigma after silence over murder victims’ names

    By Kwiyeon Ha and Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) – The stabbing deaths of 19 disabled people in their sleep last July and the silence surrounding their identities are forcing Japan to grapple with its attitudes toward physically and cognitively impaired persons, less than four years before Tokyo hosts the Paralympics. Almost nothing except their genders…

  • Hypertension and hard labor may boost MI risk

    By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Women with hypertension and physically demanding jobs are much more likely to suffer myocardial infarction than peers who are less active at work and have normal blood pressure, a recent study suggests. Among thousands of nurses, hypertension and lots of lifting, carrying, standing and walking were linked to almost…