The pink blazer is decorated with a badge indicating that its wearer has received one of the world's most prestigious medical awards, the Lasker Prize. Lotte Bjerre Knudsen received the award last year for her work on GLP-1 analogs, which has contributed to Danish Novo Nordisk becoming a global leader in diabetes and weight-loss medication.
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The scientist behind Novo Nordisk's obesity success: “I never stopped believing in GLP-1”
It took several years of failures in GLP-1 before Lotte Bjerre Knudsen and her colleagues found the right path – but when they did, it was a true breakthrough. "We invested for 25 years while everyone else laughed at us. Now everyone wants to join the game," says Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Chief Scientific Advisor at Novo Nordisk.
Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Chief Scientific Advisor at Novo Nordisk, spoke at The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science at Medicon Village in Lund on May 15th. Photo: Kristian Waldeck, WalmedPhoto
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