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Novo Nordisk shares drop 2% on Ozempic safety concerns

EPA-EFE/IDA MARIE ODGAARD

Novo Nordisk shares plummeted more than 2% on Friday after it was learned that a preprint published on medRxiv claims there is a link between Ozempic and a rare vision condition.

The new study was conducted by a group of scholars from Norway and Denmark and claims diabetes patients who used Ozempic were more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with the rare condition NAION.

At 11:15 am ET, Novo Nordisk's shares went down by 2.49% to sell at $105.86.

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