Novo Nordisk's once-weekly basal insulin icodec recommended for marketing approval in Europe

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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk on Thursday said its once-weekly basal insulin icodec for treatment of diabetes in adults had received a recommendation for marketing authorisation from the European Medicines Agency's human medicines committee.

(Reporting by Stine Jacobsen, eiditn by Anna Ringstrom)