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Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk failed to disclose millions it paid to healthcare groups - watchdog

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Novo Nordisk misreported, under-reported or did not disclose funding it gave to pharmacy firms, obesity charities and other professional bodies.

This included 1.2 m in payments to healthcare and patient organisations.

Payments were also misattributed to the wrong organisations, including 338,435 paid to the World Obesity Federation .

In 2023 , it admitted to the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority it had not disclosed 7.8 m it paid to 150 organisations.

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