Investor Presentaiton
R&D investor presentation
Cardiovascular disease is an area with a large unmet need and
strong strategic fit with our core therapy areas
~510 million people live with cardiovascular disease¹, which is
estimated to increase to 530 million in 2030
~18 million people die² each year from cardiovascular disease, an
estimated 31% of all deaths globally. Of these CVD deaths, 85% are due
to heart attacks and strokes
Heart failure, non-fatal stroke and myocardial infarctions have large
influence on quality of life
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OVERLAPPING PATIENT SEGMENTS IN T2D,
OBESITY AND CVD1
ILLUSTRATIVE
CVD
T2D
Obesity
Novo Nordisk's focus within CVD is on atherosclerotic cardiovascular
disease and heart failure driven by the large unmet need and link to Novo
Nordisk core therapeutic areas type 2 diabetes and obesity
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70% of diabetes patients die from atherosclerotic CVD
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40% of patients who are hospitalised for heart failure have
diabetes
1 GBI Research Proprietary Epidemiology Database, 2018
2 www.who.int/health-topics/cardiovascular-diseases/#tab-tab_1
CVD: Cardiovascular disease; T2D: Type 2 diabetes
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