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Novo Nordisk Net Profit Up As Insulin Sales Surge

Denmark's Novo Nordisk A/S (NOVO-B.KO), the world's largest maker of insulin, Wednesday posted a forecast-beating first-quarter net profit rise of 28%, helped by strong growth in sales of its diabetes drug Victoza, and raised its full-year outlook slightly.MAIN FACTS:-Lifts 2013 sales growth outlook slightly to 9%-11% in local currencies, from 8%-11%, while reported sales growth is now expected to be around 3 percentage points lower than growth measured in local currencies having earlier expected the figure to be 4.5 percentage points lower.-Operating profit growth is still seen at around 10%, but the reported operating profit growth is now expected to be around 5 percentage points lower than growth measured in local currencies, from a previous estimate of around 7 percentage points lower.-Now sees FY net financials income of around DKK900 million, from previous estimate of DKK1.4 billion.-Still see FY capex at around DKK3.5 billion.-CEO Lars Rebien Sorensen says: "We are pleased with ...

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