Novo Nordisk's (NVO) Victoza Returns More Promising Results Than Lilly's (LLY)/Amylin's (AMLN) Byetta
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CNBC's Mike Huckman is reporting that a study comparing Novo Nordisk's (NYSE: NVO) Victoza and Eli Lilly's (NYSE: LLY)/Amylin's (Nasdaq: AMLN) Byetta returned better results for the Novo drug.
Novo's Victoza lowered patients blood sugar levels by 1.1%. During the study, 54% of patients taking Victoza reached their blood sugar level goal, while only 43% of patients taking Byetta achieved their goal. Also, patients taking Novo's product lost 7 pounds, compared to Byetta's 6.4 pounds lost.
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