Canada approves second generic version of Ozempic
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FILE PHOTO: Pens for the diabetes drug Ozempic sit on a production line to be packaged at the Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk's site in Hillerod, Denmark, September 26, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Little/File Photo
OTTAWA, May 1 (Reuters) - The Canadian health regulator said on Friday that it had approved Canada-based Apotex's generic version of semaglutide, making it the second copycat version of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk's blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic authorized in the country.
(Reporting by Ismail Shakil and Ryan Patrick Jones; Editing by Caitlin Webber)
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