Novo Nordisk wins Medical Design Excellence Award
Novo Nordisk, a leading healthcare company for diabetes care has been awarded Medical Design Excellence Award 2008 for its product NovoFine® Autocover® needle, says a press release.
It is an special insulin injecting needle, which reduces needle prick injuries and gives ease to the patients who fear the needle most.
About 10 percent diabetic patients have needle anxiety which leads them to avoid injections.
The new product also helps avoid serious infections. It is designed in such way that needle is concealed during injection and patients' compliance is much better than conventional tools.
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