Walmart Partners With Novo Nordisk To Launch US Private-Label Insulin
Company Launches Insulin Aspart And FlexPens As Interchangeable Biosimilars Loom
Executive Summary
Walmart, the famous American multinational retailer, has launched what it is billing as the “first and only” private brand analog insulin, under the company’s brand ReliOn, in partnership with Novo Nordisk. The firm is offering ReliOn NovoLog (insulin aspart) vials and FlexPen in its pharmacies immediately.
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